Latin

Noun

fēstum n ‎(genitive fēstī); second declension

1. a holiday, festival
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2. a banquet, feast

Declension

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• festum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FESTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “festum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum agere (of an individual)
    
  • to keep, celebrate a festival: diem festum celebrare (of a larger number)