LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

fāgea

fāgea f (genitive fāgeae)
Classical[ˈfaː.ɡe.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.d͡ʒe.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinbeech (tree of genus Fagus)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefāgeafāgeae
genitivefāgeaefāgeārum
dativefāgeaefāgeīs
accusativefāgeamfāgeās
ablativefāgeāfāgeīs
vocativefāgeafāgeae

Origins

From an ellipsis of materia fāgea (“beech timber”), feminine of the adjective fāgeus, derived from fāgus.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefaiafrom Old Galician-Portuguese faia
  • Spanishhaya
  • Asturianfaya
  • Galicianfaiafrom Old Galician-Portuguese faia
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanfaja
  • Aragonesefaya
  • Gasconhajòla
  • Limousinfaja
  • Vivaro-Alpinefaja
  • Vivaro-Alpinefagea
  • Vivaro-Alpinefaiòla
Italo-Romance
  • Tuscanfaggia
Padanian
  • Emilianfasa
  • Emilianfagia
  • Lombardfagia

Quick answers

What does fāgea mean in Latin?
fāgea, a noun, means “beech (tree of genus Fagus)”.
What is the genitive of fāgea?
The genitive singular is fāgeae. fāgea is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce fāgea?
In classical Latin, [ˈfaː.ɡe.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfaː.d͡ʒe.a].