festino
English
Noun
festino (plural festinos)
- (obsolete) A feast or entertainment.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.8:
- “I am sure you must know about the festino that night, for it was all over the town in a moment.”
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From festīnus + -ō. Attested in the Old Latin period in the works of Terence, such as Eunuchus and Heauton Timorumenos.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fesˈtiː.noː/, [fɛs̠ˈt̪iːnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fesˈti.no/, [fesˈt̪iːno]
Verb
festīnō (present infinitive festīnāre, perfect active festīnāvī, supine festīnātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) to hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly
- (transitive) to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hurry
Conjugation
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
- festīnābundus
- festīnāns
- festīnanter
- festīnātim
- festīnātiō
- festīnātō
- praefestīnō
- refestīnō
- festīnā lentē
References
- “festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “festino”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- festino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
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