fanum

See also: Fanum

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fanum (plural fana)

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

Related terms

• profane

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.num/, [ˈfäːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.num/, [ˈfäːnum]

Noun

fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fānum	fāna
Genitive	fānī	fānōrum
Dative	fānō	fānīs
Accusative	fānum	fāna
Ablative	fānō	fānīs
Vocative	fānum	fāna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fānāticē
• fānāticus
• fānitālis

• fānō
• fānulum
• profānus

References

• “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)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN