festum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tum/, [ˈfeːs.tũ]

Noun

fēstum n (genitive fēstī); second declension

  1. a holiday, festival
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Lactantius to this entry?)
  2. a banquet, feast

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fēstum fēsta
genitive fēstī fēstōrum
dative fēstō fēstīs
accusative fēstum fēsta
ablative fēstō fēstīs
vocative fēstum fēsta

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Descendants

References

  • festum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • festum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • festum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum agere (of an individual)
    • to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum celebrare (of a larger number)
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