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Definition of Fasti
1. n. pl. The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.
Definition of Fasti
1. Noun. The calendar in Ancient Rome, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. ¹
2. Noun. Records or registers of important events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fasti
1. in Rome, sanctioned trading days [n]
Medical Definition of Fasti
1. 1. The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc, corresponding to a modern almanac. 2. Records or registers of important events. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasti
Literary usage of Fasti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"From denoting lists of days and months, the name of fasti was also ... Fragments of
fasti in this sense of the word have likewise come down to us, ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"fasti. Of the different Significations of this Word. .». THE Latin word fasti
signifies festivals, and it is in this sense that Ovid treats of it in his ..."
3. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"fasti. Year books or almanacks engraved on stone or bronze, ... fasti annales,
or historici. Registers containing the names of consuls and other magistrates ..."
4. A History of Latin Literature from Ennius to Boethius by George Augustus Simcox (1883)
"Ovid's manhood is represented by the ' Metamorphoses ' and the ' fasti'; and
apparently the ' fasti' were completed (in whatever sense) first of the two, ..."
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