Festus

See also: festus

English

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Festus

Wikipedia

Etymology

From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

Proper noun

Festus

1. A city in Missouri.
2. A male given name from Latin.

Latin

Etymology

From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfeːs.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛs.t̪us]

Proper noun

Fēstus m sg (genitive Fēstī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fēstus
genitive	Fēstī
dative	Fēstō
accusative	Fēstum
ablative	Fēstō
vocative	Fēste

References

• “Festus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Festus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.