februarius
See also: Februarius
Latin
Etymology
From fēbruum (“purification”), via the purification ritual Fēbrua 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | februārius | februāria | februārium | februāriī | februāriae | februāria | |
| genitive | februāriī | februāriae | februāriī | februāriōrum | februāriārum | februāriōrum | |
| dative | februāriō | februāriō | februāriīs | ||||
| accusative | februārium | februāriam | februārium | februāriōs | februāriās | februāria | |
| ablative | februāriō | februāriā | februāriō | februāriīs | |||
| vocative | februārie | februāria | februārium | februāriī | februāriae | februāria | |
Descendants
- Albanian (medieval): fror, fruer
- Arabic: فبراير (fibrāyir)
- Aragonese: febrero
- Aromanian: flivar, flivrar
- Asturian: febreru
- Catalan: febrer
- Corsican: ferraghju
- Dalmatian: februar
- Dutch: februari
- English: February
- Esperanto: februaro
- Extremaduran: hebreru
- French: février
- Friulian: Fevrâr
- Galician: febreiro
- German: Februar, Feber
- Greek: Φεβρουάριος (Fevrouários), Φλεβάρης (Fleváris)
- Irish: Feabhra
- Italian: febbraio
- Kabuverdianu: febreru
- Ladin: fauré, firé
- Ladino: fevrero
- Marshallese: Pāpode
- Mirandese: febreiro
- Mozarabic: fabráyr
- Neapolitan: frevaro
- Occitan: febrièr
- Portuguese: fevereiro
- Romanian: februarie, făurar
- Romansch: favrer
- Russian: февраль (fevralʹ)
- Sardinian: fiàrzu, freàrgiu
- Sicilian: frivaru
- Spanish: febrero
- Venetian: febraro
- Walloon: fevrî
- Welsh: Chwefror
See also
Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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