enim
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *eno (“that one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of nam, nē (“truly”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ), ναί (naí).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.nim/, [ˈɛnɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.nim/, [ˈɛːnim]
Conjunction edit
enim (usually postpositive)
- truly, verily, really, indeed
- Id enim ferendum esse negat.
- It was truly not to be endured.
- yes
- for, because
- Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.
- Kill them, for the Lord knows those that are His own.
- Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.
- so
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ĕnim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “enim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- enim 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)
- ĕnim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 589.
- “enim” on pages 607–608 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “enim”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 375/1
Turkish edit
Noun edit
enim
- first-person singular possessive of en
Usage notes edit
- When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: enim. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, enim, means "I am [a(n)/the] width.")