festum Latin · revision 7778

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfeːs.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛs.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fēstum''' ''n'' (genitive fēstī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[fēstus]] “festive”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ovid, whom he dates 43 BC–18 AD, and Gaffiot cites Ovid's ''Fasti''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a festival, feast day, holiday, often plural for singular, as in Ovid and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein explains that ''sollemnia'' are festivals as regularly returning institutions, ''fēriae'' as days of rest, and ''fēsta'' as days of rejoicing.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a feast, festival, as in the Itala's ''fēsta celebrēmus'' “let us keep the feast”.^(Stelten 1995)^(TLL) Köbler records German ''Fest'' as its descendant.^(Köbler 2010) Old French ''festival'' “suitable for a feast”, from the adjective, gave [[en|festival]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a festival.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''festival'' (noun) is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|festival]], feast day, holiday.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fēstīvus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fēstus]]

+ * [[fēriae]]

+ * [[en|festival]]

+ * [[en|feast]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[sollemnia]] and [[fēriae]].^(Döderlein 1874) A different British Medieval Latin ''festum'', from Old French, meant a ridgepole.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}