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 === Uncertain. The term could derive from Proto-Italic *faβros, from earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰHbʰ-ró-s. However, there are no clear cognates. Within Italic, Paelignian faber is probably a borrowing from Latin. Outside of Italic, connections have been proposed with Gothic gadaban (“to happen”), Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), and English daft, deft. The LIV ultimately reconstructs a PIE root of the shape *dʰeHbʰ-. Alternatively, the EIEC reconstructs a PIE form *dʰabʰros (“craftsman”). Beekes has also suggested that, if all of the proposed cognates are to be unified under a single pre-form, they could be explained a substrate root *dʰabʰ-. De Vaan, however, considers the Germanic and Balto-Slavic cognates semantically uncompelling. Martirosyan still opts for a substrate explanation when specifically considering only the Latin and Armenian forms. ==== 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 ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2. dhabh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 233-234 === 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 (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 341 “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN == Paelignian == === Etymology === Probably a loan from Latin faber. === Noun === faber (nominative singular?) artisan === References ===