foria

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *foria, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrey-. Possible cognates include Lithuanian dergti and Old Norse dríta.

Pronunciation

Noun

foria f (genitive foriae); first declension

  1. diarrhea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foria foriae
Genitive foriae foriārum
Dative foriae foriīs
Accusative foriam foriās
Ablative foriā foriīs
Vocative foria foriae

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Asturian: foria, fueira, horia
  • French: foire
  • Galician: foira, fória
  • Occitan: foira
  • Portuguese: esfoura, esfoira
  • Romansch: foira, fuera, fuira, sfuira, sfuoira

References
  • “foria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • foria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • foria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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