Forum

for-um

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fworom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door, or the place outside, i.e. through the door”), from *dʰwer- (“door, gate”).

Cognate with foris, forās, Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door, gate, passage”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.rum/, [ˈfɔːrum]

Noun

forum n (genitive forī); second declension

1. public place, marketplace, forum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	forum	fora
Genitive	forī	forōrum
Dative	forō	forīs
Accusative	forum	fora
Ablative	forō	forīs
Vocative	forum	fora