festinus

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). The verbal form festinare is attested in the Old Latin period in the works of Terence, such as Eunuchus and Heauton Timorumenos.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fesˈtiː.nus/, [fɛsˈtiː.nʊs]

Adjective

festīnus (feminine festīna, neuter festīnum); first/second declension

  1. swift, quick, rapid, hasty
  2. impatient
  3. early, premature

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative festīnus festīna festīnum festīnī festīnae festīna
Genitive festīnī festīnae festīnī festīnōrum festīnārum festīnōrum
Dative festīnō festīnae festīnō festīnīs festīnīs festīnīs
Accusative festīnum festīnam festīnum festīnōs festīnās festīna
Ablative festīnō festīnā festīnō festīnīs festīnīs festīnīs
Vocative festīne festīna festīnum festīnī festīnae festīna

Derived terms

References
  • festinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • festinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ter.heauton.html
  2. http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ter.eunuchus.html
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