fanum
See also: Fanum
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin fānum (“shrine”). Doublet of fane.
NounEdit
fanum (plural fana)
- (historical) The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nó-m, from *dʰéh₁s (“god; sacred place”). See feriae.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fānum | fāna |
| Genitive | fānī | fānōrum |
| Dative | fānō | fānīs |
| Accusative | fānum | fāna |
| Ablative | fānō | fānīs |
| Vocative | fānum | fāna |
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ReferencesEdit
- fanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- fanum in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- fanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fanum in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- fanum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- fanum in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890
- De Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2008, →ISBN