favus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeɪvəs/ Rhymes: -eɪvəs === Noun === favus (countable and uncountable, plural favi) (medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm. Synonyms: honeycomb ringworm, honeycomb scall, honeycomb tetter A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern. ==== Derived terms ==== favose ==== Translations ==== === References === “favus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.vys/ === Noun === favus m (uncountable) favus === Further reading === “favus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to English build. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.vus] === Noun === favus m (genitive favī); second declension honeycomb 4th century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, 24:13: comede fīlī mī mel quia bonum est et favum dulcissimum gutturī tuō Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat. (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible) a hexagonal pavement stone ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “favus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “favus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “favus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “favus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French favus. === Noun === favus n (plural favusuri) favus ==== Declension ====