festum
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Substantive from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tum/, [ˈfeːs̠.t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tum/, [ˈfɛs.t̪um]
NounEdit
fēstum n (genitive fēstī); second declension
- a holiday, festival
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Lactantius to this entry?)
- a banquet, feast
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fēstum | fēsta |
Genitive | fēstī | fēstōrum |
Dative | fēstō | fēstīs |
Accusative | fēstum | fēsta |
Ablative | fēstō | fēstīs |
Vocative | fēstum | fēsta |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Borrowings
- Albanian: festë
- Basque: besta
- Breton: fest
- Middle High German: fëst
- Moroccan Arabic: فيشطة (fīšṭa)
- Northern Sami: feasta
ReferencesEdit
- festum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- festum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- festum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- festum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum agere (of an individual)
- to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum celebrare (of a larger number)
- to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum agere (of an individual)