Festus

See also: festus

English

Proper noun

Festus

  1. A city in Missouri State.

Latin

Etymology

From fēstus (“joyful, merry”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tus/, [ˈfeːs.tʊs]

Proper noun

Fēstus m (genitive Fēstī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Fēstus
Genitive Fēstī
Dative Fēstō
Accusative Fēstum
Ablative Fēstō
Vocative Fēste

References
  • 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
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