Furina

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, the same root of Latin ferveō (I seethe) and fermentum (yeast).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fūrīna f sg (genitive Fūrīnae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Rome, said to be the goddess of springs.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Fūrīna
genitive Fūrīnae
dative Fūrīnae
accusative Fūrīnam
ablative Fūrīnā
vocative Fūrīna

References

  • Furina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Furina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.