exanimis
Latin
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editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.ni.mis/, [ɛkˈs̠änɪmɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.ni.mis/, [eɡˈzäːnimis]
Adjective
editexanimis (neuter exanime); third-declension two-termination adjective
- dead, lifeless
- breathless, as if near death, resulting from fear or terror; fainting
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.672:
- Audiit exanimis trepidōque exterrita cursū
- [Anna] hears, and – breathless, terrified, [then] with wild haste [...].
(Fearing the worst, Anna is briefly without a breath – i.e., she figuratively becomes nearly lifeless herself, and maybe almost faints – before she rushes to find her sister Dido near death.)
- [Anna] hears, and – breathless, terrified, [then] with wild haste [...].
- Audiit exanimis trepidōque exterrita cursū
- terrified, dismayed
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | exanimis | exanime | exanimēs | exanimia | |
Genitive | exanimis | exanimium | |||
Dative | exanimī | exanimibus | |||
Accusative | exanimem | exanime | exanimēs exanimīs |
exanimia | |
Ablative | exanimī | exanimibus | |||
Vocative | exanimis | exanime | exanimēs | exanimia |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “exanimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exanimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exanimis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.