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See also: Faber
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ber/, [ˈfäbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ber/, [ˈfäːber]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Italic *faβros, from earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fashion, fit”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), English daft, deft.
Noun
[edit]faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
- artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
- Faber est quisque fortunae suae.
- Every man is the maker of his own fortune.
- Faber est quisque fortunae suae.
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also
[edit]Adjective
[edit]faber (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra | |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrae | fabrī | fabrōrum | fabrārum | fabrōrum | |
Dative | fabrō | fabrō | fabrīs | ||||
Accusative | fabrum | fabram | fabrum | fabrōs | fabrās | fabra | |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrā | fabrō | fabrīs | |||
Vocative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Uncertain, possibly transferred from Etymology 1.[1]
Noun
[edit]faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |
References
[edit]- “faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “faber”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- faber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “faber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 341
- “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
- ^ “faber³” on page 664/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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