Festus

See also: festus

English

Etymology

From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

Proper noun

Festus

1. A city in Missouri.
2. A male given name from Latin.

Latin

Etymology

From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːs.tus/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfes.tus/, [ˈfɛst̪us]

Proper noun

Fēstus m sg (genitive Fēstī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fēstus
Genitive	Fēstī
Dative	Fēstō
Accusative	Fēstum
Ablative	Fēstō
Vocative	Fēste

References

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