Fabricius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly fabr- (“craftsman”) +‎ -icius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈbri.ki.us/, [fäˈbrɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈbri.t͡ʃi.us/, [fäˈbriːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Fabricius m sg (genitive Fabriciī or Fabricī); second declension

1. Name of a plebeian Roman gens (family).

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fabricius
genitive	Fabriciī Fabricī1
dative	Fabriciō
accusative	Fabricium
ablative	Fabriciō
vocative	Fabricī

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

Related terms

• Feminine form: Fabricia

Descendants

• → Catalan: Fabrici
• → French: Fabrice
• → Italian: Fabrizio
• → Spanish: Fabricio
• → Portuguese: Fabrício

References

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