abamita
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ab + amita (“paternal aunt; father's sister”); a diminutive of a lost baby-word of the papa-type.
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈba.mi.ta/, [äˈbämɪt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈba.mi.ta/, [äˈbäːmit̪ä]
Noun edit
abamita f (genitive abamitae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a sister of a great-great-grandfather
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abamita | abamitae |
| Genitive | abamitae | abamitārum |
| Dative | abamitae | abamitīs |
| Accusative | abamitam | abamitās |
| Ablative | abamitā | abamitīs |
| Vocative | abamita | abamitae |
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈba.mi.taː/, [äˈbämɪt̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈba.mi.ta/, [äˈbäːmit̪ä]
Noun edit
abamitā f
See also edit
References edit
- “abamita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abamita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abamita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.