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fanum

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fānum (shrine). Doublet of fane.

Noun

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fanum (plural fana)

  1. (historical) The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.
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Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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fanum m (plural fanums)

  1. fanum

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nó-m, from *dʰéh₁s (god; sacred place). See fēriae, fēstus. Compare also Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 (fanu), 𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 (φanu), 𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 (hanu, templet, sacrarium, funerary chapel).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension

    1. shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity
      Synonyms: templum, dēlūbrum, sacellum, āra
      • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.755–756:
        ‘dā veniam culpae, nec, dum dēgrandinet, obsit
        agrestī fānō supposuisse pecūs.’
        ‘‘Give mercy to my fault; neither let it be held against me [that] while hail was pouring down I sheltered my flock in a rustic shrine.’’
        (Begging the mercy of Pales, Ovid humorously defies convention by including a realistic example from rural life.)

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative fānum fāna
    genitive fānī fānōrum
    dative fānō fānīs
    accusative fānum fāna
    ablative fānō fānīs
    vocative fānum fāna

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    (All toponyms)

    • French:
    • Italian: Fano
    • Occitan: Fan
    • Portuguese: Fão

    References

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    • fanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • fanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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, →ISBN

    Old English

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    Noun

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    fanum

    1. dative plural of fana

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin fanum.

    Noun

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    fanum n (plural fanumuri)

    1. fanum

    Declension

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    Declension of fanum
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative fanum fanumul fanumuri fanumurile
    genitive-dative fanum fanumului fanumuri fanumurilor
    vocative fanumule fanumurilor

    References

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    • fanum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN