faber

== English == === Adjective === faber comparative form of fabe: more fabe == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.bɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.ber] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *faβros, from earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fashion, fit”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), English daft, deft. ==== Noun ==== faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith, carpenter Synonyms: opifex, artifex Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2 Est ūnus quisque faber ipsæ suæ fortūnæ . Every one is the maker of his own fortune. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ===== Derived terms ===== fabrica fabrīlis ===== Descendants ===== ===== See also ===== ferrārius ==== Adjective ==== faber (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) workmanlike, skilful, ingenious ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ===== Derived terms ===== fabrē === Etymology 2 === Uncertain, possibly transferred from Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension the dory, a sunfish ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). === References === “faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “faber”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “faber”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “faber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 341 “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN