Faesulae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Faesula
• Fēsulae

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌅𐌉𐌐𐌔𐌖𐌋 (vipsul), 𐌅𐌉𐌄𐌔𐌖𐌋 (viesul), 𐌅𐌉𐌑𐌋 (viśl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfae̯.su.lae̯/, [ˈfäe̯s̠ʊɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.su.le/, [ˈfɛːs̬ule]

Proper noun

Faesulae f pl (genitive Faesulārum); first declension

1. An important city in Etruria, situated on a hill rising above the valley of the Arnus, now Fiesole

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Faesulae
Genitive	Faesulārum
Dative	Faesulīs
Accusative	Faesulās
Ablative	Faesulīs
Vocative	Faesulae
Locative	Faesulīs

Derived terms

• Faesulānus, Fēsulānus

References

• “Faesulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Faesulae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Faesulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.