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noun · femininesecond declension

fāgus

fāgus f (genitive fāgī)
Classical[ˈfaː.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. beech tree
    Sub tegmine fagi.Under the shade of a beech tree.Vergilius; found in both Georgicon (Book IV, line 566) and Eclogae (Book I, line 1)

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefāgusfāgī
genitivefāgīfāgōrum
dativefāgōfāgīs
accusativefāgumfāgōs
fāgūs
ablativefāgōfāgīs
vocativefāgefāgī

fāgus, i (
I. nom. plur.: fagūs, Verg. Cul. 139), f. prob. root φαγ-, to eat; cf. faba and Gr. φηγός, φηγών; Germ. Buche; Engl. beech, originally a tree with edible fruit, = φηγός, a beech-tree: Fagus silvatica, Linn.; Verg. E. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16 sq.; 24, 5, 9, § 14; Ov. M. 10, 92: felices arbores ... quercus, fagus, etc., Veran. ap. Macr. S. 3, 20, 2 al.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”), same source as English beech, Russian бузина́ (buziná, “elder”), Ancient Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanfau
  • Occitanfau
  • Belsetánfausfrom Aragonese fau
  • Benasquésfagofrom Aragonese fau
  • Sobrarbefagofrom Aragonese fau
  • Gasconhaufrom Occitan fau
  • Gasconhacfrom Occitan fau
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfagu
  • Sardinianfau
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianfag
  • Aromanianfag
  • Megleno-Romanianfag
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchfouetfrom Old French fau
  • Franco-Provençalfo
  • Franc-Comtoisfôfrom Old French fau
  • Gallofaeufrom Old French fau
  • Normanfaufrom Old French fau
Italo-Romance
  • Sicilianfagu
Padanian
  • Emilianfò
  • Friulianfau
  • Ligurianfò
  • Lombardfo
  • Piedmontesefò
  • Romanshfau
  • Romanshfo
Ancient borrowings
  • Basquepago
  • Bretonfaoufrom Proto-Brythonic *fau
  • Cornishfowfrom Proto-Brythonic *fau
  • Welshffawfrom Proto-Brythonic *fau
  • Welshffawyddfrom Proto-Brythonic *fau
Elsewhere
  • Dalmatianfaguorfrom Vulgar Latin *fāgārius
  • Friulianfaiârfrom Vulgar Latin *fāgārius
  • Venetanfagarofrom Vulgar Latin *fāgārius
  • Venetanfaghèrfrom Vulgar Latin *fāgārius
  • Venetanfaghèrafrom Vulgar Latin *fāgārius
  • TranslingualFagus

Quick answers

What does fāgus mean in Latin?
fāgus, a noun, means “beech tree”.
What is the genitive of fāgus?
The genitive singular is fāgī. fāgus is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce fāgus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfaː.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfaː.ɡus].