English

Noun

feriae

1. plural of feria

Latin

Alternative forms

• feria (singular)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fēs-io-, *fēsja- (whence Oscan 𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌔𐌝𐌀𐌉𐌔 ‎(fiísíais), 𐌚𐌉𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌉𐌔 ‎(fiisiis), 𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌝𐌔 ‎(fisiaís, dat.-abl. pl.)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-yo-, from *dʰéh₁s ‎(“god, godhead, deity”), related to Latin fēstus ‎(“festive”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεῖος ‎(theîos, “divine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.ri.aɪ/

Noun

fēriae f pl ‎(genitive fēriārum); first declension

1. festival, holiday,vacations
2. rest, peace, leisure

Declension

First declension.

Usage notes

This word is used almost exclusively in the plural.

Synonyms

• (holiday): iūstitium

Descendants

References

• feriae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• feriae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FERIAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “feriae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• feriae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• feriae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fēriae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 212-213