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Faber
faber
faber
See also: Faber
Latin
Noun
faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
- artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
- Faber est quisue fortunae suae.
- Every man is the maker of his own fortune.
- Faber est quisue fortunae suae.
- (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | faber | fabrī |
| genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
| dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
| accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
| ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
| vocative | faber1 | fabrī |
1May also be fabre.
Derived terms
References
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
See also
Descendants
Etymology 2
From faber (“artisan; smith”).
Adjective
faber m (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra | |
| genitive | fabrī | fabrae | fabrī | fabrōrum | fabrārum | fabrōrum | |
| dative | fabrō | fabrō | fabrīs | ||||
| accusative | fabrum | fabram | fabrum | fabrōs | fabrās | fabra | |
| ablative | fabrō | fabrā | fabrō | fabrīs | |||
| vocative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra | |
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | faber | fabrī |
| genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
| dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
| accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
| ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
| vocative | faber1 | fabrī |
1May also be fabre.
References
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- faber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “faber”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- faber in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2