festus

See also: Festus

Esperanto

Verb

festus

  1. conditional of festi

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-tos, from *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity; sacred place”). See also fānum and fēriae.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tus/, [ˈfeːs.tʊs]

Adjective

fēstus (feminine fēsta, neuter fēstum); first/second declension

  1. Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fēstus fēsta fēstum fēstī fēstae fēsta
Genitive fēstī fēstae fēstī fēstōrum fēstārum fēstōrum
Dative fēstō fēstae fēstō fēstīs fēstīs fēstīs
Accusative fēstum fēstam fēstum fēstōs fēstās fēsta
Ablative fēstō fēstā fēstō fēstīs fēstīs fēstīs
Vocative fēste fēsta fēstum fēstī fēstae fēsta

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • fēstus1 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • festus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fēstus1 in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • festus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • 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, pages 212-213
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