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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/03/20 20:31 UTC 版)
Perhaps connected to ferula, with a common earlier stem *fes-. De Vaan notes if suffixation is with -ūcus as in several plant names: sambūcus (“elderberry”), albūcus (“asphodel; asphodel bulb”), lactūca (“lettuce”), the stem could be *festo-.
According to Etimo, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“peak, tip, pointed, bristle”), similar to fastigium (“summit, peak, sharp point”).
Gaffiot numbers the sense of ram, piledriver, usually spelt fistūca, a separate word, but it is offered as an alternative spelling in De Vaan. Also compare fistula (“pipe, tube”).
festūca f (genitive festūcae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | festūca | festūcae |
| genitive | festūcae | festūcārum |
| dative | festūcae | festūcīs |
| accusative | festūcam | festūcās |
| ablative | festūcā | festūcīs |
| vocative | festūca | festūcae |