faunus

See also: Faunus

English

Etymology

From Latin faunus.

Noun

faunus (plural fauni)

1. Dated form of faun.

References

• “faunus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

See Faunus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfau̯.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaːu̯.nus]

Proper noun

faunus m (genitive faunī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) faun (horned sylvan deity)
   • 1st century B.C., Lucretius, De rura natura:

     Haec loca capripedes satyros nymphasque tenere finitimi fingunt et faunos esse locuntur, quorum noctivago strepitu ludoque iocanti adfirmant volgo taciturna silentia rumpi.

     These spots the neighboring countryside feigns to be the haunts of goat-footed satyrs and nymphs, and tells of fauns there, by whose nighttime din and playful pranks they declare the noiseless silence is broken.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	faunus	faunī
genitive	faunī	faunōrum
dative	faunō	faunīs
accusative	faunum	faunōs
ablative	faunō	faunīs
vocative	faune	faunī

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: φαῦνος (phaûnos)
• → English: faun
• → French: faune
• → German: Faun
• → Italian: fauno
• → Irish: fánas
• → Portuguese: fauno
• → Romanian: faun
• → Spanish: fauno

References

• “faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.