LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Fescennia

Fescennia f sg (genitive Fescenniae)
Classical[fɛsˈkɛn.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[feʃˈʃɛn.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. femininehistoricalsingulara town in Etruria

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeFescennia—
genitiveFescenniae—
dativeFescenniae—
accusativeFescenniam—
ablativeFescenniā—
vocativeFescennia—
locativeFescenniae—

Fescennĭa, ae, f. (also Fescennĭ-um, ii, n., Serv. Verg. A. 7, 695),
I. an ancient but small city of Etruria, on the Tiber, not far from Falerii, famous for a sort of sportive and jeering dialogues in verse named after it, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52; Serv. l. l.; v. Dennis, Etrur. 1, p. 152 sq. (acc. to Gell. and Müll. the modern Civita Castellana; acc. to Dennis, near Borghetto).—
II. Deriv.: Fescennīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Fescennia, Fescennine: acies, Verg. A. 7, 695: Fescennina per hunc inventa licentia morem Versibus alternis opprobria rustica fudit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 145: versus, Liv. 7, 2, 7; Paul. ex Fest. p. 85 Müll.: locutio, Cat. 61, 127: materia, Sid. Ep. 8, 11: pes, i. e. an amphimacer, Diom. p. 475 P.—Subst.: Fescennīni, ōrum, m., Fescennine verses, Fescennines, Macr. S. 2, 4: nuptiales, Sen. Contr. 3, 21 med. p. 252 Bip.; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86.—Also. Fescen-nīna, ōrum, n. (sc. carmina, Prud. Cont. Symm. 1, 261; Mart. Cap. 9, § 914 (the derivation of these Fescennini from fascinum seems improbable).—
B. Transf., Fe-scennīnus, i, m., a lampooner: spatiator atque Fescenninus, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. spatiatorem, p. 344 Müll.; Macr. S. 2, 10, 9.

In English words that came into English from Fescennia

  • fescennineFescennīnus

Quick answers

What does Fescennia mean in Latin?
Fescennia, a proper noun, means “a town in Etruria”.
What is the genitive of Fescennia?
The genitive singular is Fescenniae. Fescennia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Fescennia?
In classical Latin, [fɛsˈkɛn.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [feʃˈʃɛn.ni.a].