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festino

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See also: Festino and festinó

English

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Etymology

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From Italian festino.

Noun

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festino (plural festinos)

  1. (obsolete) A feast or entertainment.
    • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.8:
      “I am sure you must know about the festino that night, for it was all over the town in a moment.”

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Italian

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Noun

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festino m (plural festini)

  1. party (festive)

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Latin

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Etymology

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From festīnus +‎ . Attested in the Old Latin period in the works of Terence, such as Eunuchus and Heauton Timorumenos.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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festīnō (present infinitive festīnāre, perfect active festīnāvī, supine festīnātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly
    Synonyms: currō, ruō, accurrō, trepidō, prōvolō, prōripiō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    • 1399, anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat :
      Ad mortem festinamus: / peccare desistamus.
      We hasten unto death: / let us refrain from sinning.
  2. (transitive) to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hurry

Conjugation

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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: festinate
  • Italian: festinare
  • Spanish: festinar

References

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  • festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Verb

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festino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of festinar