Festus
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See also: festus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).
Proper noun[edit]
Festus
- A city in Missouri.
- A male given name from Latin.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tus/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tus/, [ˈfɛst̪us]
Proper noun[edit]
Fēstus m sg (genitive Fēstī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Fēstus |
| Genitive | Fēstī |
| Dative | Fēstō |
| Accusative | Fēstum |
| Ablative | Fēstō |
| Vocative | Fēste |
References[edit]
- “Festus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Festus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Latin
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin cognomina