English

Proper noun

Fescennia

1. (historical) An Etruscan town, best known for the "Fescennine Verses," a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.^[1]

Derived terms

• Fescennine
• fescennine

References

1. ↑ "Fescennine" - Licentious, obscene, scurrilous, Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, accessed 14/7/2010

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fesˈken.ni.a/, [fɛsˈkɛn.ni.a]
• IPA^(key): /feˈʃen.ni.a/, [feˈʃen.ni̯a], [feʃˈʃen.ni̯a]

Proper noun

Fescennia f sg ‎(genitive Fescenniae, locative Fescenniae); first declension

1. (historical) A town in Etruria.

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Derived terms

• Fescennīnus

References

• Fescennia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Fescennia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.