fagea
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an ellipsis of materia fāgea (“beech timber”), feminine of the adjective fāgeus, derived from fāgus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfaː.ɡe.a/, [ˈfäːɡeä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.d͡ʒe.a/, [ˈfäːd͡ʒeä]
Noun[edit]
fāgea f (genitive fāgeae); first declension
- (Late Latin) beech (tree of genus Fagus)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fāgea | fāgeae |
Genitive | fāgeae | fāgeārum |
Dative | fāgeae | fāgeīs |
Accusative | fāgeam | fāgeās |
Ablative | fāgeā | fāgeīs |
Vocative | fāgea | fāgeae |
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- Tuscan: faggia (northern)
- Padanian:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- fagea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)