Fabricius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly fabr- (craftsman) +‎ -icius.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fabricius m sg (genitive Fabriciī or Fabricī); second declension

  1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens (family).

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Fabricius
genitive Fabriciī
Fabricī1
dative Fabriciō
accusative Fabricium
ablative Fabriciō
vocative Fabricī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: Fabrici
  • French: Fabrice
  • Italian: Fabrizio
  • Spanish: Fabricio
  • Portuguese: Fabrício

References

  • Fabricius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Fabricius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.