februarius

See also: Februarius

Latin

Etymology

From februum (“means of purification, an offering”), via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈaː.ri.us/, [fɛ.brʊˈaː.ri.ʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈa.ri.us/, [fe.bruˈaː.ri.us]

Adjective

februārius (feminine februāria, neuter februārium); first/second declension

Of February.

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	februārius	februāria	februārium	februāriī	februāriae	februāria
Genitive	februāriī	februāriae	februāriī	februāriōrum	februāriārum	februāriōrum
Dative	februāriō	februāriae	februāriō	februāriīs
Accusative	februārium	februāriam	februārium	februāriōs	februāriās	februāria
Ablative	februāriō	februāriā	februāriō	februāriīs
Vocative	februārie	februāria	februārium	februāriī	februāriae	februāria

Descendants

Corsican: ferraghju, farraghju, frivaghju
Dalmatian: februar
Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: flivar, Flivar, Flivaru, flivrar, flivraru, fivruar, Fivruar
- Romanian: făurar
Extremaduran: hebreru
Franco-Provençal: fevriér
Italian: febbraio
Ligurian: frevâ
Lombard: febrar
Mozarabic: fabráyr
Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: febrero
Neapolitan: frevaro
Old French: fevrier
- French: février
  - Haitian Creole: fevriye
  - → Persian: فوریه‎ (fevriye)
- Norman: février, Févri, févryi, févérier, fevri
- Walloon: fevrî
- → Middle English: feoverel
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: febreru
- Mirandese: Febreiro
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: febrer
- Occitan: febrièr, febrier, heurèr
Old Portuguese: fevreyro, frebreyro, febreyro, fevereyro, fevereiro
- Galician: febreiro
- Portuguese: fevereiro
  - Kabuverdianu: febreru
  - → Tetum: fevereiru
Old Spanish:
- Ladino: fevrero
- Spanish: hebrero, febrero (semi-learned)
  - → Bikol Central: Pebrero
  - → Cebuano: Pebrero
  - → Ilocano: febrero
  - → Tagalog: Pebrero
  - → Waray-Waray: pebrero
Piedmontese: fërvé
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: Fevrâr
- Ladin: fauré, firé
- Romansch: favrer, fevrer
Sardinian: fiàrzu, freàrgiu
Sicilian: frivaru
Venetian: febraro
→ Albanian: fror, fruer
→ Arabic: فبراير‎ (fibrāyir)
→ Dutch: februari
→ German: Februar, Feber
- → Estonian: veebruar
- → Luxembourgish: Februar
→ Ancient Greek: Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários)
→ Koine Greek: φεβρουάριος (phebrouários)
- Byzantine Greek: Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários), *Φεβρ(ου)άρης (*Phebr(ou)árēs)
  - Greek: Φλεβάρης (Fleváris), Φεβρουάριος (Fevrouários)
  - → Old Church Slavonic: февроуари (fevruari)
    - → Old East Slavic: феврарь (fevrarĭ), феуларь (feularĭ)
      - Russian: февраль (fevralʹ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: փեբրուարիոս (pʿebruarios), փետրուար (pʿetruar), փետրվար (pʿetrvar)
  - Armenian: փետրվար (pʿetrvar)
→ Middle English: Februarie, februari, februare
- English: February (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: Februar
→ Latvian: februāris
→ Old Irish: febra, febrae
- Irish: Feabhra
→ Romanian: februarie
→ Romanian: fevruarie (via some Slavic language)
→ West Frisian: febrewaris