feriae Latin · revision 4889

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dʰeh₁s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfeː.ri.ae̯]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛː.ri.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fēriae''' ''f pl'' (genitive fēriārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Festus gives the older form ''fēsiae''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*fēs-io-|t=holiday]], [[inh|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-s-io-|t=divine, holy]], from an s-stem [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁s-|t=religious gift, rite]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) [[fēstus]] “festive” is from the same stem.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Cognate with [[osc|fiísíais|t=holidays]], [[grc|θεός|tr=theós|t=god]] and [[xcl|դիք|tr=dikʿ|t=gods]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it, listing play, fun and holidays together.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was a religious festival or holy day, as Cato's days on which oxen may still be yoked, and the ''fēriae Latīnae'', the Latin festival.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From that it was a day of rest, a holiday, leisure, and in Cicero ''fēriae forēnsēs'', the vacation of the courts.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Festus has a singular ''fēria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Through Vulgar Latin *fēria “holiday, market” and Old French ''feire'' it gave English ''fair'' “market”.^(Etymonline) It survives as [[it|fiera]] and [[fr|foire]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato says oxen may be yoked on holy days.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of the vacation of the courts.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''fair'' “market” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A religious [[m|en|festival]], holy day.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A day of rest, [[m|en|holiday]], leisure; a [[m|en|vacation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fēriātus]]

+ * [[fērior]]

+ * [[fēria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fēriāticus]]

+ * [[fānum]]

+ * [[fērālis]]

+ * [[fēstus]]

+ * [[en|fair]]

+ * [[en|festival]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}