favissae

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Etruscan or related to fovea (“pit”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

favissae f pl (genitive favissārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. underground cellars situated near temples

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative favissae
genitive favissārum
dative favissīs
accusative favissās
ablative favissīs
vocative favissae

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “favissae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 467
  • “favisae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • favissae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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