antae

See also: Antae

English edit

Noun edit

antae

plural of anta

Anagrams edit

Aetna, Aneta

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Pokorny^[1] suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“door jamb”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tae̯/, [ˈän̪t̪äe̯]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.te/, [ˈän̪t̪e]

Noun edit

antae f pl (genitive antārum); first declension (plural only)

The pillars on each side of doors or at the corners of buildings

Declension edit

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	antae
Genitive	antārum
Dative	antīs
Accusative	antās
Ablative	antīs
Vocative	antae

Descendants edit

Galician: anta
Italian: anta
Portuguese: anta
Sicilian: anta

References edit

antae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“antae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “anətā”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 42-43

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