februarius

See also: Februarius

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From februum (“means of purification, an offering”), via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈaː.ri.us/, [fɛ.bɾʊˈaː.ɾi.ʊs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈa.ri.us/, [fɛ.bruˈaː.ri.us]

Adjective[edit]

februārius (feminine februāria, neuter februārium); first/second-declension adjective

Of February.

Usage notes[edit]

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	februārius	februāria	februārium	februāriī	februāriae	februāria
Genitive	februāriī	februāriae	februāriī	februāriōrum	februāriārum	februāriōrum
Dative	februāriō	februāriae	februāriō	februāriīs
Accusative	februārium	februāriam	februārium	februāriōs	februāriās	februāria
Ablative	februāriō	februāriā	februāriō	februāriīs
Vocative	februārie	februāria	februārium	februāriī	februāriae	februāria

Descendants[edit]

Eastern Romance
- Aromanian: flivar, flivaru, flivrar, flivraru, fivruar
- Romanian: făurar
Franco-Provençal: fevriér
Gallo-Italic
- Ligurian: frevâ
- Lombard: febrar
- Piedmontese: fërvé
Italo-Dalmatian
- Corsican: ferraghju, farraghju, frivaghju
- Dalmatian: februar
- Italian: febbraio
- Neapolitan: frevaro
- Sicilian: frivaru
Old French: fevrier
- French: février
  - Haitian Creole: fevriye
  - → Persian: فوریه‎ (fevriye)
- Norman: février, Févri, févryi, févérier, fevri
- Walloon: fevrî
- → Middle English: feoverel
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: febrer
- Occitan: febrièr, febrier, heurèr
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: Fevrâr
- Ladin: fauré, firé
- Romansch: favrer, fevrer
Sardinian: fiàrzu, freàrgiu
Venetian: febraro
- → Cimbrian: febraaro, fevraro
West Iberian
- Extremaduran: hebreru
- Mozarabic: fabráyr
- Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
  - Aragonese: febrero
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: febreru
  - Mirandese: Febreiro
- Old Portuguese: fevreyro, frebreyro, febreyro, fevereyro, fevereiro
  - Galician: febreiro
  - Portuguese: fevereiro
    - Kabuverdianu: febreru
    - → Tetum: fevereiru
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - Ladino: fevrero
  - Spanish: hebrero; febrero (semi-learned) (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings

→ Albanian: fror, fruer
→ Arabic: فبراير‎ (fibrāyir)
→ Dutch: februari
→ German: Februar, Feber
- → Estonian: veebruar
- → Luxembourgish: Februar
→ Ancient Greek: Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários)
→ Koine Greek: φεβρουάριος (phebrouários)
- Byzantine Greek: Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários), *Φεβρ(ου)άρης (*Phebr(ou)árēs)
  - Greek: Φλεβάρης (Fleváris), Φεβρουάριος (Fevrouários)
  - → Old Church Slavonic: февроуари (fevruari) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: փեբրուարիոս (pʿebruarios), փետրուար (pʿetruar), փետրվար (pʿetrvar)
  - Armenian: փետրվար (pʿetrvar)
→ Middle English: Februarie, februari, februare
- English: February (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: Februar
→ Latvian: februāris
→ Old Irish: febra, febrae
- Irish: Feabhra
→ Romanian: februarie
→ Romanian: fevruarie (via some Slavic language)
→ West Frisian: febrewaris
→ Welsh: Chwefror

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