februum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *fexʷrwos (“belonging to an offering, means of purification”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰrwos (“belonging to a burning, an offering”), from *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”), cognate with febris.
Noun
februum n (genitive februī); second declension
- means of purification, expiatory offerings
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | februum | februa |
| Genitive | februī | februōrum |
| Dative | februō | februīs |
| Accusative | februum | februa |
| Ablative | februō | februīs |
| Vocative | februum | februa |
Derived terms
- Februa
- februārius
References
- februum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- februum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- februum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- februum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 268
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “februum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 208