Friday, December 25, 2020

December 25th Latin of the Day - "felices ferias"

 felices ferias!

"happy holidays!"

The common word in Latin for a holiday - feriae - exists only in the plural; it has no singular in Classical Latin (though a singular form was invented by back formation in Late Latin). Hence, the word translated into English means both "holiday" and "holidays." 

With macrons: fēlīcēs fēriās!

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