Feronia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Feronia f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – synonym of Limonia, containing only Limonia acidissima (wood apple, elephant apple).

English

Proper noun

Feronia

1. (Roman mythology) A Roman goddess of wildlife, fertility, health and abundance.
2. 72 Feronia, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Asteroid

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [feːˈroː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [feˈrɔː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Fērōnia f sg (genitive Fērōniae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of freedmen and wildlife
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.74:

     Feronia, Minerva, Novensides a Sabinis

     Feronia, Minerva, and the Novensides are from the Sabines

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fērōnia
genitive	Fērōniae
dative	Fērōniae
accusative	Fērōniam
ablative	Fērōniā
vocative	Fērōnia

References

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