Meaning of fānum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity
   declension-2
2. as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saint, e.g. Fanum Sancti Iohannis for the various places named Saint John('s), San Juan, etc.
   New-Latin, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“‘dā veniam culpae, nec, dum dēgrandinet, obsit”

‘‘Give mercy to my fault; neither let it be held against me [that] while hail was pouring down I sheltered my flock in a rustic shrine.’’ (Begging the mercy of Pales, Ovid humorously defies convention by including a realistic example from rural life.)

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