Furina

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Fūrrīna

Etymology edit

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, the same root of Latin ferveō (“I seethe”) and fermentum (“yeast”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fuːˈriː.na/, [fuːˈriːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈri.na/, [fuˈriːnä]

Proper noun edit

Fūrīna f sg (genitive Fūrīnae); first declension

(Roman mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Rome, said to be the goddess of springs.

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fūrīna
Genitive	Fūrīnae
Dative	Fūrīnae
Accusative	Fūrīnam
Ablative	Fūrīnā
Vocative	Fūrīna

References edit

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

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