fanaticus

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin fānāticus (“carried away by a god, raving about, possessed, fanatic”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: fa‧na‧ti‧cus

Noun

fanaticus m or f (plural fanatici)

1. a fanatic

Synonyms

• fanaat

Related terms

• fan

Latin

Etymology

From fānum +‎ -āticus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faːˈnaː.ti.kus/, [fäːˈnäːt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈna.ti.kus/, [fäˈnäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

fānāticus (feminine fānātica, neuter fānāticum, adverb fānāticē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) temple
2. divinely inspired, enthusiastic
3. frantic, frenzied
4. furious, mad

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fānāticus	fānātica	fānāticum		fānāticī	fānāticae	fānātica
genitive	fānāticī	fānāticae	fānāticī		fānāticōrum	fānāticārum	fānāticōrum
dative	fānāticō	fānāticae	fānāticō		fānāticīs
accusative	fānāticum	fānāticam	fānāticum		fānāticōs	fānāticās	fānātica
ablative	fānāticō	fānāticā	fānāticō		fānāticīs
vocative	fānātice	fānātica	fānāticum		fānāticī	fānāticae	fānātica

Related terms

• fānāticē
• fānitālis
• fānō
• fānulum
• fānum

Descendants

• → Catalan: fanàtic
• → Dutch: fanaticus
• → English: fanatic
• → French: fanatique (see there for further descendants)
• → Friulian: fanatic
• → Galician: fanático
• → Italian: fanatico
• → Occitan: fanatic
• → Piedmontese: fanàtich
• → Portuguese: fanático
• → Romanian: fanatic
• → Spanish: fanático

References

• “fanaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fanaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fanaticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fanaticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.