Faberius

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from faber (“craftsman”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈbe.ri.us/, [fäˈbɛriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈbe.ri.us/, [fäˈbɛːrius]

Proper noun

Faberius m sg (genitive Faberiī or Faberī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Faberius, a secretary of Caesar

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Faberius
genitive	Faberiī Faberī1
dative	Faberiō
accusative	Faberium
ablative	Faberiō
vocative	Faberī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Faberiānus

References

• “Faberius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Faberius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.