Fescennia
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English
Proper noun
Fescennia
- (historical) An Etruscan town, best known for the "Fescennine Verses," a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.[1]
Derived terms
References
- ^ "Fescennine" - Licentious, obscene, scurrilous, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, accessed 14/7/2010
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fesˈken.ni.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feʃˈʃen.ni.a/,
Proper noun
Fescennia f sg (genitive Fescenniae); first declension
- (historical) A town in Etruria.
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Fescennia |
| genitive | Fescenniae |
| dative | Fescenniae |
| accusative | Fescenniam |
| ablative | Fescenniā |
| vocative | Fescennia |
| locative | Fescenniae |
Derived terms
References
- “Fescennia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Fescennia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.