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

1. a window, an opening for light,
2. a breach, a loophole
3. an orifice, inlet
4. an opportunity
5. 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

1. ablative singular of festra

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.