favissae

== Latin == === Alternative forms === favīsae === Etymology === From Etruscan or related to fovea (“pit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faˈwɪs.sae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faˈvis.se] === Noun === favissae f pl (genitive favissārum); first declension (plural only) underground cellars situated near temples ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. === References === “favisae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “favissae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.