Alani

See also: alani and ʻalani

English

Noun

Alani

1. plural of Alan

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, Liana, lanai, liana

Latin

Alternative forms

• Halānī, Alaunī

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí).

Proper noun

Alānī m pl (genitive Alānōrum); second declension

1. Alans (a Scytho-Sarmatian tribe dwelling near the river Tanais)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Alānī
Genitive	Alānōrum
Dative	Alānīs
Accusative	Alānōs
Ablative	Alānīs
Vocative	Alānī

Related terms

• Alānus

Noun

Alānī

1. inflection of Alānus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Further reading

• Alani in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Alani”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly