Fescenninus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Fescennia +‎ -īnus (“derivative suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fes.kenˈniː.nus/, [fɛs̠kɛnˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feʃ.ʃenˈni.nus/, [feʃːenˈniːnus]

Adjective

Fescennīnus (feminine Fescennīna, neuter Fescennīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Fescennine (of or belonging to Fescennia)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Fescennīnus	Fescennīna	Fescennīnum		Fescennīnī	Fescennīnae	Fescennīna
Genitive	Fescennīnī	Fescennīnae	Fescennīnī		Fescennīnōrum	Fescennīnārum	Fescennīnōrum
Dative	Fescennīnō		Fescennīnō		Fescennīnīs
Accusative	Fescennīnum	Fescennīnam	Fescennīnum		Fescennīnōs	Fescennīnās	Fescennīna
Ablative	Fescennīnō	Fescennīnā	Fescennīnō		Fescennīnīs
Vocative	Fescennīne	Fescennīna	Fescennīnum		Fescennīnī	Fescennīnae	Fescennīna

Derived terms

• Fescennīna
• Fescennīnī
• licentia Fescennīna
• pēs Fescennīnus
• versus Fescennīnus

Descendants

• English: Fescennine
• Italian: fescennino

Noun

Fescennīnus m (genitive Fescennīnī); second declension

1. a lampooner

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Fescennīnus	Fescennīnī
Genitive	Fescennīnī	Fescennīnōrum
Dative	Fescennīnō	Fescennīnīs
Accusative	Fescennīnum	Fescennīnōs
Ablative	Fescennīnō	Fescennīnīs
Vocative	Fescennīne	Fescennīnī

References

• “Fescennīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Fescennīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “663/1”
• “Fescennīnus” on page 693/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)