faunus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin faunus. === Noun === faunus (plural fauni) Dated form of faun. === References === “faunus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === See Faunus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaːu̯.nus] === Proper noun === faunus m (genitive faunī); second declension (Roman mythology) faun (horned sylvan deity) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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.