faunus
See also: Faunus
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editfaunus (plural fauni)
References
edit- “faunus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editEtymology
editSee Faunus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaːu̯.nus]
Proper noun
editfaunus m (genitive faunī); second declension
- (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
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | faunus | faunī |
genitive | faunī | faunōrum |
dative | faunō | faunīs |
accusative | faunum | faunōs |
ablative | faunō | faunīs |
vocative | faune | faunī |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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.
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