Festus

== English == === Etymology === From fēstus (“joyful, merry”). === Proper noun === Festus A city in Missouri. A male given name from Latin, originally a Roman cognomen. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From fēstus (“joyful, merry”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfeːs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.tus] === Proper noun === Fēstus m sg (genitive Fēstī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Sextus Pompeius Festus, a Roman grammarian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Festus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Festus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.