faber

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *faβros, from earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (to fashion, fit). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, Lithuanian dabà (habit, character), Armenian դարբին (darbin, smith), English daft, deft.

Noun[edit]

faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension

  1. artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith
    Synonyms: opifex, artifex
    • (Paraphrase) Attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus by Sallustius in Epistulae ad Caesarem senem de re publica, I.i.2
      Faber est quisque fortunae suae.
      Every man is the maker of his own fortune.
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faber fabrī
Genitive fabrī fabrōrum
Dative fabrō fabrīs
Accusative fabrum fabrōs
Ablative fabrō fabrīs
Vocative faber fabrī
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]

Adjective[edit]

faber (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. workmanlike, skilful, ingenious
Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative faber fabra fabrum fabrī fabrae fabra
Genitive fabrī fabrae fabrī fabrōrum fabrārum fabrōrum
Dative fabrō fabrō fabrīs
Accusative fabrum fabram fabrum fabrōs fabrās fabra
Ablative fabrō fabrā fabrō fabrīs
Vocative faber fabra fabrum fabrī fabrae fabra
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Uncertain, possibly transferred from Etymology 1.[1]

Noun[edit]

faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension

  1. the dory, a sunfish
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faber fabrī
Genitive fabrī fabrōrum
Dative fabrō fabrīs
Accusative fabrum fabrōs
Ablative fabrō fabrīs
Vocative faber fabrī

References[edit]

  • faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • faber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • faber”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • faber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “faber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 341
  • “fabbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
  1. ^ faber³” on page 664/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)