amnis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈam.nis]

Noun

amnis

1. plural of amni

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebʰ-n- (“river”), from the root *h₂ebʰ-, *h₂ep- (“water”). Compare Old Irish aub (“river”), Albanian amë (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.nis/, [ˈämnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.nis/, [ˈämnis]

Noun

amnis m (genitive amnis); third declension

1. Broad, deep flowing, rapid water; stream, torrent, river; ocean; liquid; current.

   Synonym: flūmen

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.164:

     [...] ruunt dē montibus amnēs.

     [Heavy rain falls:] Torrents rush down the mountains.

2. (figuratively, of a writer) The flowing, flow or pouring out of a piece of writing.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amnis	amnēs
Genitive	amnis	amnium
Dative	amnī	amnibus
Accusative	amnem	amnēs amnīs
Ablative	amne amnī	amnibus
Vocative	amnis	amnēs

Derived terms

• amnicola
• amniculus
• amnicus
• amnigena

 

Further reading

• “amnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amnis 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)
• amnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.