Faunus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Faunus. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Faunus (Roman mythology) Horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Greek counterpart: Pan. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Faunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal”), (Ζεύς) Θαύλιος ((Zeús) Thaúlios), Phrygian δάος (dáos), Illyrian-related Daunus, Candāvia. Some refer it to faveō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaːu̯.nus] === Proper noun === Faunus m (genitive Faunī); second declension (Roman mythology) Faunus (horned god of the forest, plains and fields) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Faunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Faunus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.