Fabricius

Latin

Etymology

Unclear origin, maybe from the Latin noun fāber.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faːˈbri.ki.us/, [fäːˈbrɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈbri.t͡ʃi.us/, [fäˈbriːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Fābricius m sg (genitive Fābriciī or Fābricī); second declension

1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens (family).

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fābricius
Genitive	Fābriciī Fābricī1
Dative	Fābriciō
Accusative	Fābricium
Ablative	Fābriciō
Vocative	Fābricī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• Feminine form: Fabricia

Descendants

• Catalan: Fabrici
• French: Fabrice
• Italian: Fabrizio
• Spanish: Fabricio

References

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