fanum

See also: Fanum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fānum (shrine). Doublet of fane.

Noun

fanum (plural fana)

  1. (historical) The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nóm, from *dʰéh₁s (god; sacred place). See feriae.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfaː.num/, [ˈfaː.nũ]

Noun

fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension

  1. shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fānum fāna
Genitive fānī fānōrum
Dative fānō fānīs
Accusative fānum fāna
Ablative fānō fānīs
Vocative fānum fāna

Derived terms

References

  • fanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fanum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • fanum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fanum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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