feteo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of unclear origin, though probably related to fimus (“dung”) or foedus (“filthy”),[1][2] and ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”). See also furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fūmus (“smoke”), fūlīgō (“soot”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeː.te.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.t̪e.o]
Verb
fēteō (present infinitive fētēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance: (via a variant *fĕtĕre):
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fēteō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 231
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “foeteō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 244
Further reading
- “feteo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- feteo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.