feriae
English edit
Noun edit
feriae
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- fēria sg
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *fēzjās, nominative plural of *fēzjā, *fēzja-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s-yo-s, from *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”), related to Latin fēstus (“festive”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos, “divine”) and Oscan 𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌀𐌉𐌔 (fiísíais), 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌔 (fiisiis), 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝𐌔 (fisiaís, dat.-abl. pl.). In classical Latin, rendered plural even for singular instances by the Latin treatment of most recurring calendrical days;[1][2] singular usage is a development in Late Latin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.ri.ae̯/, [ˈfeːriäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ri.e/, [ˈfɛːrie]
Noun edit
fēriae f pl (genitive fēriārum); first declension
- A holy day, a festival, a holiday.
- A vacation.
- (figuratively) Any occasion of rest, peace, or leisure.
Declension edit
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | fēriae |
| Genitive | fēriārum |
| Dative | fēriīs |
| Accusative | fēriās |
| Ablative | fēriīs |
| Vocative | fēriae |
Synonyms edit
- (holiday): iūstitium
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: fira
- Dalmatian: fiara
- → Danish: ferie
- → English: feria
- → French: férié
- Friulian: fiere
- Galician: feira
- → German: Ferien
- Italian: feria, fiera
- Ladin: feria
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ferie
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: ferie
- Occitan: fièira
- Old French: foire
- → Old High German: fīra, firra, fiera
- → Polish: ferie
- Portuguese: feira, féria
- Romanian: ferie
- → Serbo-Croatian: ferije
- Sicilian: fera
- Spanish: feria
- → Swedish: fira
References edit
- ^ Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
- ^ Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.
Further reading edit
- “feriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “feriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- feriae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- feriae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “feriae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “feriae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fēriae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 212-213