februarius

See also: Februarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈaː.ri.us/, [fɛ.brʊˈaː.ri.ʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.bruˈa.ri.us/, [fɛ.bruˈaː.ri.us]

Adjective

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

1. Of February.

Usage notes

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

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: flivar, Flivar, Flivaru, flivrar, flivraru, fivruar, 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

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia