afannae

Latin

Etymology

Jocular formation after Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “unseen”). Compare apinae of similar meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈfan.nae̯/, [äˈfänːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈfan.ne/, [äˈfänːe]

Noun

afannae f pl (genitive afannārum); first declension (plural only, hapax)

1. trifles, nonsense

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	afannae
Genitive	afannārum
Dative	afannīs
Accusative	afannās
Ablative	afannīs
Vocative	afannae

Synonyms

• gerrae

References

• afannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “afannae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 14a
• “afannae” in volume I, column 1170, line 63–68 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present