fanum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fānum (“shrine”). Doublet of fane. === Noun === fanum (plural fana) (historical) The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine. ==== Related terms ==== profane === Anagrams === manuf. == French == === Noun === fanum m (plural fanums) fanum === Further reading === “fanum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nó-m, from *dʰéh₁s (“god; sacred place”). See fēriae, fēstus. Compare also Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 (fanu), 𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 (φanu), 𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 (hanu, “templet, sacrarium, funerary chapel”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.num] === Noun === fānum n (genitive fānī); second declension shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity Synonyms: templum, dēlūbrum, sacellum, āra (New Latin) as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saint, e.g. Fanum Sancti Iohannis for the various places named Saint John('s), San Juan, etc. Synonyms: urbs, oppidum, -polis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== (Note: all terms listed are toponyms.) === References === “fanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fanum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fanum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fanum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fanum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN == Old English == === Noun === fanum dative plural of fana == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fanum. === Noun === fanum n (plural fanumuri) fanum ==== Declension ==== === References === fanum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN