faber
See also: Faber
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ber/, [ˈfa.bɛr]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *faβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ- (“to fashion, fit”). Cognate with Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), English daft, deft, Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Czech dobrý (“good”).
Noun
faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
- artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
- Faber est quisque fortunae suae.
- Every man is the maker of his own fortune.
- Faber est quisque fortunae suae.
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |
References
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
See also
Descendants
Etymology 2
From faber (“artisan; smith”).
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra | |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrae | fabrī | fabrōrum | fabrārum | fabrōrum | |
Dative | fabrō | fabrae | fabrō | fabrīs | fabrīs | fabrīs | |
Accusative | fabrum | fabram | fabrum | fabrōs | fabrās | fabra | |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrā | fabrō | fabrīs | fabrīs | fabrīs | |
Vocative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra |
Derived terms
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |
References
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- faber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- faber in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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