Latin

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Etymology

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From Faunus +‎ -ālia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Faunālia n pl (genitive Faunālium or Faunāliōrum); third declension

  1. Either of two festivals held in honor of the god Faunus, celebrated on the Ides of February and the Nones of December.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Faunālia
Genitive Faunālium
Faunāliōrum
Dative Faunālibus
Accusative Faunālia
Ablative Faunālibus
Vocative Faunālia

References

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  • Faunalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Faunalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Faunalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers