fagus

See also: Fagus

Latin

fāgus (beech tree)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”), same source as English beech, Russian бузина (buziná, “elder”), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.ɡus/, [ˈfaː.ɡʊs]

Noun

fāgus f (genitive fāgī); second declension

beech tree
- Vergilius; found in both Georgicon (Book IV, line 566) and Eclogae (Book I, line 1)
  Sub tegmine fagi.
  Under the shade of a beach tree.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fāgus	fāgī
genitive	fāgī	fāgōrum
dative	fāgō	fāgīs
accusative	fāgum	fāgōs
ablative	fāgō	fāgīs
vocative	fāge	fāgī

Derived terms

fāgeus
fāgineus
fāgīnus

Descendants

Translingual: Fagus
Aromanian: fag
Asturian: faya
Basque: pago
Catalan: faig m
Dalmatian: faguor
French: fouet

Friulian: faiâr
Gallo: faeu
Italian: faggio
Ligurian: fò
Occitan: fau
French: fou
Portuguese: faia

Romanian: fag
Romansch: fau, fo
Sardinian: fagu, fau
Sicilian: fagu, fau, favu
Spanish: haya
Venetian: fajo, fasa, faxa, fagaro, faghèr, faghèra

References

fagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
fagus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
fagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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