fenum
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of faenum, showing an early 'rustic' monophthongization of /ae̯/.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.num/, [ˈfeːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.num/, [ˈfɛːnum]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fēnum | fēna |
| Genitive | fēnī | fēnōrum |
| Dative | fēnō | fēnīs |
| Accusative | fēnum | fēna |
| Ablative | fēnō | fēnīs |
| Vocative | fēnum | fēna |
Descendants
See also faenum.
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: frenu
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “fenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “faenum” in volume VI 1, column 165, line 72 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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