Faunalia

Latin

Etymology

From Faunus +‎ -ālia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fau̯ˈnaː.li.a/, [fäu̯ˈnäːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fau̯ˈna.li.a/, [fäu̯ˈnäːliä]

Proper noun

Faunālia n pl (genitive Faunālium or Faunāliōrum); third declension

1. Either of two festivals held in honor of the god Faunus, celebrated on the Ides of February and the Nones of December.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Faunālia
genitive	Faunālium Faunāliōrum
dative	Faunālibus
accusative	Faunālia
ablative	Faunālibus
vocative	Faunālia

References

• “Faunalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Faunalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Faunalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers