festra
Latin
Etymology
Contracted version of fenestra (“window”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tra/, [ˈfɛs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tra/, [ˈfɛst̪rä]
Noun
festra f (genitive festrae); first declension
- a window, an opening for light,
- a breach, a loophole
- an orifice, inlet
- an opportunity
- vocative singular of festra
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | festra | festrae |
Genitive | festrae | festrārum |
Dative | festrae | festrīs |
Accusative | festram | festrās |
Ablative | festrā | festrīs |
Vocative | festra | festrae |
Noun
(deprecated template usage) festrā f
References
- “festra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- festra 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)
- festra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.