festino

See also: Festino and festinó

English

Etymology

From Italian festino.

Noun

festino (plural festinos)

  1. (obsolete) A feast or entertainment.
    • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.8:
      “I am sure you must know about the festino that night, for it was all over the town in a moment.”

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Italian

Noun

festino m (plural festini)

  1. party (festive)

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Latin

Etymology

From festīnus +‎ . Attested in the Old Latin period in the works of Terence, such as Eunuchus and Heauton Timorumenos.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

festīnō (present infinitive festīnāre, perfect active festīnāvī, supine festīnātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly
    Synonyms: currō, ruō, accurrō, trepidō, prōvolō, prōripiō, properō, corripiō, affluō, mātūrō, prōsiliō
    Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    • 1399, anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat:
      Ad mortem festinamus: / peccare desistamus.
      We hasten unto death: / let us refrain from sinning.
  2. (transitive) to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hurry

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: festinate
  • Italian: festinare
  • Spanish: festinar

References

  • festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

festino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of festinar