fanum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nóm, from *dʰéh₁s ‎(god; sacred place). See feriae.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fānum n ‎(genitive fānī); second declension

  1. shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity

Inflection[edit]

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fānum fāna
genitive fānī fānōrum
dative fānō fānīs
accusative fānum fāna
ablative fānō fānīs
vocative fānum fāna

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • fanum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fanum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • FANUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fanum in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • fanum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fanum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill