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From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).
Festus
- A city in Missouri.
- A male given name from Latin.
From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tus/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tus/, [ˈfɛst̪us]
Fēstus m sg (genitive Fēstī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Fēstus |
Genitive | Fēstī |
Dative | Fēstō |
Accusative | Fēstum |
Ablative | Fēstō |
Vocative | Fēste |
- “Festus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Festus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.