faunus

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English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

faunus (plural fauni)

  1. Dated form of faun.

References

Latin

Etymology

See Faunus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

faunus m (genitive faunī); second declension

  1. (Roman mythology) faun (horned sylvan deity)
    • 1st century B.C., Lucretius, De rura natura:
      Haec loca capripedes satyros nymphasque tenere finitimi fingunt et faunos esse locuntur, quorum noctivago strepitu ludoque iocanti adfirmant volgo taciturna silentia rumpi.
      These spots the neighboring countryside feigns to be the haunts of goat-footed satyrs and nymphs, and tells of fauns there, by whose nighttime din and playful pranks they declare the noiseless silence is broken.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative faunus faunī
genitive faunī faunōrum
dative faunō faunīs
accusative faunum faunōs
ablative faunō faunīs
vocative faune faunī

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: φαῦνος (phaûnos)
  • English: faun
  • French: faune
  • German: Faun
  • Italian: fauno
  • Irish: fánas
  • Portuguese: fauno
  • Romanian: faun
  • Spanish: fauno

References

  • faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • faunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.