Fagutal

Latin

Etymology

Substantivation of apocopated Fāgūtāle, nominative neuter singular of Fāgūtālis (see -al), further ultimately derived from fāgus (beech-tree), perhaps through *fāgūtus ("covered with beeches") + -ālis, from fāgus, fāgūs (fourth declension alternative form of second declension fāgus, fāgī) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fāgūtal n sg (genitive Fāgūtālis); third declension

  1. the western spur of the Esquiline Hill (later taking the name of the Oppius mons (the southern spur) and further conflated with the Carīnae)
  2. the shrine of Jupiter (Iūppiter Fāgūtālis) situated here

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative Fāgūtal
genitive Fāgūtālis
dative Fāgūtālī
accusative Fāgūtal
ablative Fāgūtālī
vocative Fāgūtal

Derived terms

  • Fāgūtālis lūcus

See also

Further reading

  • Fagutal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Fagutal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Fagutal”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press