feriae

English

Noun

feriae

1. plural of feria

Anagrams

• faerie, færie

Latin

Alternative forms

• fēria sg

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fēzjās, nominative plural of *fēzjā, *fēzja-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s-yo-s, from *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”), related to Latin fēstus (“festive”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos, “divine”) and Oscan 𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌀𐌉𐌔 (fiísíais), 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌔 (fiisiis), 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝𐌔 (fisiaís, dat.-abl. pl.). In classical Latin, rendered plural even for singular instances by the Latin treatment of most recurring calendrical days; singular usage is a development in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.ri.ae̯/, [ˈfeːriäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ri.e/, [ˈfɛːrie]

Noun

fēriae f pl (genitive fēriārum); first declension

1. A holy day, a festival, a holiday.
2. A vacation.
3. (figuratively) Any occasion of rest, peace, or leisure.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	fēriae
Genitive	fēriārum
Dative	fēriīs
Accusative	fēriās
Ablative	fēriīs
Vocative	fēriae

Synonyms

• (holiday): iūstitium

Derived terms

• fēria
• fērior
• fēriālis
• nūndinae fēriae

 

Related terms

• fēriāticus

Descendants

• Catalan: fira
• Dalmatian: fiara
• → Danish: ferie
• → English: feria
• → French: férié
• Friulian: fiere
• Galician: feira
• → German: Ferien
• Italian: feria, fiera
• Ladin: feria
• → Norwegian Bokmål: ferie
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: ferie
• Occitan: fièira
• Old French: foire
  • French: foire
  • → Middle English: feyre, faire, fare
    • English: fair
    • Yola: feyer, vaar
• → Old High German: fīra, firra, fiera
  • Middle High German: vīre, virre, vīere, vīer, fīre, firre, fīere, fīer
    • German: Feier
    • Hunsrik: Feier
    • Luxembourgish: Feier
• → Polish: ferie
• Portuguese: feira, féria
• Romanian: ferie
• → Serbo-Croatian: ferije
• Sicilian: fera
• Spanish: feria
• → Swedish: fira

Further reading

• “feriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “feriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• feriae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• feriae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “feriae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “feriae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fēriae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 212-213