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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faːˈɡuː.taɫ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈɡuː.t̪al]
Proper noun
Fāgūtal n sg (genitive Fāgūtālis); third declension
- the western spur of the Esquiline Hill (later taking the name of the Oppius mons (the southern spur) and further conflated with the Carīnae)
- 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