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FeSTaTBS (lV«tum), a, urn, adj. A. e. ad 
3 festum paratus. Fab. Piet. ap. Oell. 
Dialis quotidie festatus est. 
FeSTICe (Id.), adv. pleasantly, joyfully. 
3 Parr. 
FeSTINaBuNDBS (festino), a, um, adj. 
3 hastening. Paler. Max.. 
FeSTTNaNTBR (festinans), adv. hastily, 
speedily, quickly. Plia. Festinantius. 
Augustin. Festinantissime. — Also, 
overhastily, rashly. Cic. 
FeSTINaTe (festinatus), adv. hastily, 
speedily. Oell. Festinatius. 
FeSTINaTIM (Id.), adv. same as Festi- 
3 mauler. Sisen. 
FeSTINaTIS (festino), onis, f. a ^hasten- 
2 ing, speed. Cic. Omni festinatione 
properare in patriain. — Hence, Ncpos. 
Festinatio, at ea explicem, h. e. zeal, 
eagerness, strong desire. 
FeSI’INe (festinus), adv. same as Fes- 
tinanter. Cic. Attic. 4. 14. Al. leg. 
festive. 
FeSTINIS (Id.), e, adj. quick, speedy. 
3 Titin. 
FeSTINS (Id.), as, avi, atum, n. and a. 1. 
to hasten,make hade, be in a hurry,ansvSro. 
Horat. Esseda festinant, pilenta, petor- 
rita, naves. Cic. Plnra scripsissem, 
nisi tui festinarent. Id. Ad singulare 
Antonii factum festinat oratio, hastens 
to arrive at. — Also, with an infinit. fol¬ 
lowing. Cic. migrare. — Hence, Suet. 
Festina lente, hasten slowly, be in a haste, 
but not in a hurry. — Also, to have a 
bustling air. Ter. Ouid festinas ? why 
so busy ?-- IT Also, transit, to hasten, 
accelerate, hurry, do speedily. Pirn. 
fugain. Ovid, vestes. Tacit, mortem 
in se, to bring on speedily. Oell. se, to 
hasten. Tac.t. Nec virgines festinan- 
tur, ft. e. they are not married too early. 
— Hence, Festinatus, a, um, hastened, 
accelerated, done with speed or expedition. 
Ovid. iter. Suet, nupti®. Martial. 
Annis festinatis raptus, ft. e. by a prema¬ 
ture death. 
FeSTINBS (unc.), a, um, adj. quick, 
3 speedy, raxvs- Pirg. and Ovid. — Al¬ 
so, with a genii. Stat. laudum. 
FeSTIVe (festivus), adv. in a pleasant, 
agreeable manner. Plaut. — Hence, 
prettily , wittily, handsomely, smartly, 
humorously, facetiously, &lc. Cic. agere 
fabejlam._ Oell. Festivissime. 
FesIIVITaS (festivus), atis, f. pleasant¬ 
ness, pleasure. Plaut. Hence, it is used 
as a term of endearment. Id. Mea fes- 
tivitas, my dear, my angel. — Hence, 
politeness, courteousness, complaisance, 
kindness. Tere.nt. patris. — Also, One¬ 
ness and pleasantness in speakino-. Cic. 
Particularly, wit. Id. - <TAlso, a 
Jeastj festival , festivity. Lamprid. and 
Cod. Theod. 
FeSTIVITBR (festive), adv. in a pleasant, 
3 agreeable manner. JVwv. — Also, finely, 
1 'oeu‘ ln ^ llLmor ously, jocosely. 
FeSTIVOS (doTtio j), a, um, adj. pleasant, 
agreeable, dear. Terent. Pater festivjs- 
sime.——Also, fine, handsome, beauti- 
Jut, excellent. Plaut. Operam festivam 
prabuit. Id. femina, pretty, handsome. 
lin'm n l, ru- l ^ ent ‘ Terent. caput, for 
p ™° r C f Non ne sunt ilia festiva? 
2onf P ' r1 rea p ? rva > sed festiva - Cic. 
sidTm/ U ' < i 0p,a llbrori "n. e. a con- 
sidrable number of, See. Id. acroama. 
; alea : - Particularly, polite, comely, 
Z e i ‘Z n l\ CiC - P ller *> quibus nihil 
x . lasttvius.—Also, witty, jovial, 
] osc, pleasant, humorous. Id. _ir Al- 
„ 'last Ve ff, Sti T 1 ' r Hence > Festivum, 
FkSTr**’ f est } val - Lamprid. 
FgSTfirx S ? me ¥ Fenestra. 3 Petron. 
3 *'<V v ‘o f . Plm’ Stali '’ Stra "’’ Stem ’ 
- T.rSh! ' TT" A so - “ same 
-Kgilops. I d . - u Festl J ca 
as 
"ber r “ 7 * T- 11 esiuca 11 
ties’, phu ■ Z e f the usual formali- 
festuca in' n~ ut - ,lle real meaning of 
Some think- l -f’ S Instance > is doubtful. 
Cfa md w LY^' ly,nous wit " ™- 
liead of ., 'iV h tbe Prator put on the 
him to be free When he P ro "°unced 
tftrfomJi el« fe ^ UCa) ’ a > nm > ad i- 
vis, M a ceremony. Oell. 
Sait”™- *• f - ■ 
FkSTBS (unc.),a. um. adj. festival, festive, 
solemn, loprd<npo s . Cic., Sallust, and 
Ovid, dies, a festival, feast, a festive, 
solemn day. Horat. tempus. Pirrr. 
Fronde festa. Odd. chorus. ■ Stat. do¬ 
lor, public mourning. Nepos. Natalem, 
sc. diem, festum habere, to celebrate a 
birth-day. Tacit. Festis vocibus e.xcipi, 
A. e. laetis. Claudian. Aures fest®, A. e. 
lmtae. So, also, Plin. Pax festa. Clau¬ 
dian.^ Annus festior. Popisc. Festissi- 
mi dies.-IT Festum, substant. a festi¬ 
val, feast. Ovid, Plural. Festa. Id. _ 
Also, festivity, feast, banquet, entertain¬ 
ment. Id. — Figur. Festa longa, A. e. 
res last®. Stat. Silv. 2, 7, 95. — Dies 
.festus, also a term of endearment. 
Plaut. Mi animule, meus dies festus. 
FESULAS, ) a 
FESULANUS. j bee FtEsulw, &c. 
FeTIaLIS (unc.), and FkCIaLIS, is, 
m. a herald. The fetiales were priests 
employed in declaring war, making 
peace, and forming alliances. The fe- 
cialis, who took the oath in the name 
of the Roman people in concluding a 
treaty of peace, was called pater palra- 
tas. See Liv. 1, 24-if Adj. Fetialis, 
e. Cic. jus, laws relating to the justice, 
or legality of wars, the customs and cere¬ 
monies to be observed in declaring war, 
making peace and concluding treaties. — 
So, also, Liv. cm rim on i®. — Hence, Id. 
Legatus Fetialis, A. e. the fetialis. 
FeTIFOR (fetus & fero), a. um, adj. pro¬ 
lific, fruitful. Plin. 
FeTifICS (fetus & facio), as, a. 1. to 
2 bring forth, to breed. Plin. — Also, of 
fishes, to spawn. Id. 
FeTIFICOS (Id.), a, um, adj. fruitful, 
■4 prolific. Plin. 
FeT 5 (fetus, us),as, n,&a. 1. to bring forth 
2 young, breed, hatch, lay, -ri KT w. Colum. 
-IT Also, to make fruitful, fructify, im¬ 
pregnate. Augustin, feminas, armenta. 
FkToSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. fruitful. 
3 Pulg. 
FeTOoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. fruitful, pro 
o Ific. Hieron. 
IeTuRX (Id.), ®, f. a procreation, gencra- 
1 tion, engendering, propagation. Parr. 
— Also, of animals, a breeding. Pirn-. 
AUtas fetur® habilis_Figur. of a book. 
Plin. -If Also, the young or offspring 
of animals. Virg., Ovid, and Plin. — 
Also, of vines. Plin. 
FeTuRaTOS (fetura), a, um, adj. made 
3 fruitful, fructified. Tcrtull. 
FeTBS, and FCETOS (from the obsol. 
1 feo), us, m. a producing, procreating, 
generating, bringing forth, breeding. Cic. 
terr®. Id. Labor bestiaruin in fetu. 
Plaut. Uno fetu, at one birth. -11 Al¬ 
so, the young or offspring of any creature, 
the fruit, produce of the earth, trees, &c. 
Cic. Fetus procreare, to bring forth 
young. So, also, Id. Fetum fundere, 
A. e. procreare. So, also, Id. edere (of 
fields). Ovid, of a nut-tree. Apul. of 
man. So, also, Virg. dare; or Plin. 
facere. Pirg. Fetus arborei, fruits of 
trees. Ovid, triticei. Pirg. Fetus 
nucis, a young nut-tree. — Figur. Cic. 
Fetus oratorum. Id. animi. 
FeTOS, and FCETOS (Id.), a, um, adj. 
2 having brought, forth, bred or produced. 
Parr. feta (of a woman). Pirg. and 
Colum. ovis. Colum. equa. Ovid, ursa, 
lupa. -IT Also, bringing forth, pro¬ 
ducing, productive, fruitful. Cic. Terra 
feta frugibus. polum. palmites.- 
IT Also, that will yet bring forth, pregnant. 
Colam. capra. Ovid. ager. — Figur. 
full of or filled with any thing. Pirg. 
Machina feta arinis (of the Trojan 
horse). Id. Loca feta austris. Ovid. 
Feta furore Megmra. Also with a genit. 
Claudian. Martis. 
FEX. See Fiex. 
FI, imperat. of fio. -IT Interject, foh! 
3 fill! Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 7. Fi, ifi! feetet, 
&c. But better Edd. read ci, ei. 
FIBER (unc.), flbri, m. a castor, beaver. 
KaaTiop. Plin. 
FIBLX, for Fibula. Apic. 3 
FIBRX (from the obsol. word fiber), ®, f. 
3 the point or extremity of any thing, if, 
iv6q. Parr, and Fest. — Hence, a fibre, 
filament of a root, plant, &c. Cic. stir- 
pium, radicum. Cic. fragm. cincin- 
norum. Also, of entrails, particularly 
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of the liver. Cic. Ven® in prmtenues 
hbras subter iotam entem dispers® 
capillary vans. Plin. Altera fibra, sc. 
jecoris. Cels. Pulmo in duas libras di- 
viditur. — Hence, Fibr®, the entrails. 
Ovid, bidentis. — Figur. Plin. Terr® 
libras persequimur, the bowels of the 
earth. — Hence, Pers. Neque milii cor¬ 
nea fibra (A. e. cor) est, I am not so in - 
sensible or stupid. 
PTBRaIDS (fibra), a, um, adj. fibrous, 
3 Priap. 
FIBReXOS, i, m. a river near Arpinum. 
Cic. 
FIBRIXOS (fiber), a, um, adj. of the bea- 
2 ver. Plin. pelles, beaver skins. 
FIBRUM, same as Fibra. Parro. 
FIBOLX (perhaps fromfigo), ®, f. any thing 
for joining, fastening, stitchinir, claspin<t 
two things together, a clasp, buckle, pin, 
brace, cramp, nail, peg, &cc. Pirg. Aurea 
fibula subnectit vestem. Id. Fiffula auro 
(A. e. ex auro) crinem internectit, A. e. 
ahair-pin. Cws. Trabes fibulis distine- 
bantur. Cato. Ilignere fibulas, A. e. 
hoops. — In surgery, an instrument for 
contracting the lips of a wound, when it 
does not. admit, of being sewn up. Cels. 
FTBOLaT 10 (fibulo), onis, f. a bracintr or 
2 fastening together. Pitruv. 
FIBOLaToRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. that is 
3 or may be fastened together bn clasps. Ter- 
tull. 
FIB0L8 (fibula), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
2 join together with a clasp, buckle, &c. irop- 
ttaw. Also, in general, to join together. 
Colum. -IT Also, to furnish or provide 
with a clasp, buckle, &c. Popisc. Pallia 
fibulata. 
FIO AN X, ®, f. a town of Latium. Liv. 
FICARrx (ficus), ®, f. same as Ficelum. 
d Pallad. 
FICaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. relating to 
'3 figs. Cato and Plin. 
FICeDOLX (Id.), ®, f. the beceafigo or fig- 
pecker, avKaXiq. (Motacilla Ficedula, 
L.). Parr, and Martial. 
FiCeDOLeNSeS (ficedula), m. plur. a 
3 fictitious name, alluding to ficedula. 
Plaut. 
FICeTUM (ficus), i, n. a place where fig- 
2 trees grow, avKtliv. Paler, and Plin .— 
IT Figur. carious tumor. Martial. Nil, 
nisi ficetum, nunc Labienus habet. 
FICITaS (Id.), atis, f. an abundance of 
3 figs. According to others, a gathering 
ff figs. JTaiv. 
FICITOR (Id.), oris, m. one that takes care 
3 of figs, or one that likes figs, or a gather¬ 
er of figs. Mcev. 
FICoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of or dis- 
3 tressed with the piles. Martial .7. 70. Auct. 
Priap. Ficosissimus. 
FiCTe (fictus), ad v. feignedly, falsely, fie- 
titiously. Cic . 
FICTILIS (lingo), e, adj. made of earth or 
clay, earthen, fictile. Cic. and JVep. va- 
sa, earthen ware, earthen vessels. Cic. 
figur®. Liv. Antefixa fictilia deorum. 
Pitruv. dolia. — Hence, Plin. Fictile, sc. 
vas, an earthen vessel, earthen utensil. 
Id. Fictilia, sc. vasa. 
FICTI5 (Id.), onis, f. amaking, forming, 
2 formation, noiyois. Oell. vocum. Lac- 
taut, hominis-IT Also, a transform¬ 
ing, changing, altering, noininis, A. e. 
when a word receives another significa¬ 
tion by adding, omitting, or changing 
one of its letters (as, Tollius (from tolle- 
re, A. e. furari ),for Tullius.) Quintil _ 
Also, when a word of mascul. gender is 
changed into one of fern, gender. (Porca 
for porcus). Quintil -IT Also, a fic¬ 
tion, disguising, dissembling. Quintil. 
voluntatis. Id. person®, A. e. prosopo¬ 
poeia, a fiction by which things are made 
persons. — Also, in rhetoric, Quintil. Fic- 
tio, a supposition, a fictitious or assumed 
case. Pandect. Fictio legis, an assump¬ 
tion made fur the purposes of justice, 
though the same fact could not be proved, 
and mail be literally untrue. 
FiCTITIOS, or FICTICIOS (fictus), a, 
2 um, adj .feigned., counterfeited, fictitious, 
not. genuine. Plin. gemma. Id. vinum. 
FICTOR (fingo), oris, m. one that makes 
or forms any thing. Parr, and Cic. a 
baker of offering cakes. — Particularly, 
one who makes images of wax, clay, wood, 
&c. a carver, sculptor, statuary. Cic. —. 
Hence, figur. Plaut. fortun® Id vit® 
