festra
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fenestra (“window”) via syncope and nasal deletion with compensatory lengthening.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.tra/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.tra/, [ˈfɛst̪rä]
Noun
[edit]fēstra f (genitive fēstrae); first declension
- (pre-Classical) Alternative form of fenestra (“window”)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fēstra | fēstrae |
| genitive | fēstrae | fēstrārum |
| dative | fēstrae | fēstrīs |
| accusative | fēstram | fēstrās |
| ablative | fēstrā | fēstrīs |
| vocative | fēstra | fēstrae |
References
[edit]- “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.