Fescennia

English

Proper noun

Fescennia

  1. (historical) An Etruscan town, best known for the "Fescennine Verses," a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ "Fescennine" - Licentious, obscene, scurrilous, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, accessed 14/7/2010

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fescennia f sg (genitive Fescenniae); first declension

  1. (historical) a town in Etruria

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Fescennia
genitive Fescenniae
dative Fescenniae
accusative Fescenniam
ablative Fescenniā
vocative Fescennia
locative Fescenniae

Derived terms

References

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