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

  1. 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.
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 faber1 fabrī

1May also be fabre.

Derived terms

References

See also

Descendants
  • Portuguese: fabro (borrowing)
  • Romanian: faur
  • Sardinian: frau, frabbu
  • Spanish: fabro (borrowing)
  • Venetian: fravo, favaro, favro

Etymology 2

From faber (“artisan; smith”).

Adjective

faber (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second declension

  1. workmanlike, skilful, ingenious
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 fabrō fabrīs
accusative fabrum fabram fabrum fabrōs fabrās fabra
ablative fabrō fabrā fabrō fabrīs
vocative faber fabra fabrum fabrī fabrae fabra
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension

  1. the dory, a sunfish
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 faber1 fabrī

1May also be fabre.

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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