Latin edit

Etymology edit

Maybe from faber (craftsman) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Faberius m sg (genitive Faberiī or Faberī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Faberius, a secretary of Caesar

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Faberius
Genitive Faberiī
Faberī1
Dative Faberiō
Accusative Faberium
Ablative Faberiō
Vocative Faberī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Faberius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Faberius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.