festra
Latin
Etymology
From fenestra (“window”) via syncope and nasal deletion with compensatory lengthening.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tra/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪rä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tra/, [ˈfɛst̪rä]
Noun
fēstra f (genitive fēstrae); first declension
- (pre-Classical) Alternative form of fenestra (“window”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fēstra | fēstrae |
| Genitive | fēstrae | fēstrārum |
| Dative | fēstrae | fēstrīs |
| Accusative | fēstram | fēstrās |
| Ablative | fēstrā | fēstrīs |
| Vocative | fēstra | fēstrae |
References
- “festra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- festra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- festra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette