anxius
Ido edit
Verb edit
anxius
- conditional of anxiar
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaːnk.si.us/, [ˈäːŋks̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈank.si.us/, [ˈäŋksius]
Etymology 1 edit
From angō.
Adjective edit
ānxius (feminine ānxia, neuter ānxium, comparative magis ānxius, superlative maximē ānxius); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ānxius | ānxia | ānxium | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxia | |
| Genitive | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxiī | ānxiōrum | ānxiārum | ānxiōrum | |
| Dative | ānxiō | ānxiō | ānxiīs | ||||
| Accusative | ānxium | ānxiam | ānxium | ānxiōs | ānxiās | ānxia | |
| Ablative | ānxiō | ānxiā | ānxiō | ānxiīs | |||
| Vocative | ānxie | ānxia | ānxium | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxia | |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄξοος (áxoos, “unwrought, unshorn”) from ξέω (xéō, “to shear”), confused with ἄξιος (áxios, “valuable, worthy”) and through a nasal excrescence with the Latin ānxius.
Adjective edit
ānxius (feminine ānxia, neuter ānxium); first/second-declension adjective (hapax)
- unshorn
- c. 300, Epitaphium Alliae Potestatis, versus 22–23 – Philologus 73, p. 275
- anxia non mansit, sed corpore pulchra benigno
levia membra tulit: pilus illi quaesitus ubique.- She did not stay unshorn, but beautiful from a benign body
she bore her light liths, hair to be sought on any spot.
- She did not stay unshorn, but beautiful from a benign body
- c. 300, Epitaphium Alliae Potestatis, versus 22–23 – Philologus 73, p. 275
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ānxius | ānxia | ānxium | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxia | |
| Genitive | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxiī | ānxiōrum | ānxiārum | ānxiōrum | |
| Dative | ānxiō | ānxiō | ānxiīs | ||||
| Accusative | ānxium | ānxiam | ānxium | ānxiōs | ānxiās | ānxia | |
| Ablative | ānxiō | ānxiā | ānxiō | ānxiīs | |||
| Vocative | ānxie | ānxia | ānxium | ānxiī | ānxiae | ānxia | |
References edit
- “anxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anxius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Birt, Theodor (1918) Aus dem Leben der Antike, Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, pages 236–237