pusillanimis

Latin

Etymology

From pusillus (“very small”) +‎ animus (“spirit”), calque of Ancient Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.mis/, [pʊs̠ɪlˈlʲänɪmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.mis/, [pus̬ilˈläːnimis]

Adjective

pusillanimis (neuter pusillanime); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. faint-hearted, timid, pusillanimous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pusillanimis	pusillanime		pusillanimēs	pusillanimia
Genitive	pusillanimis			pusillanimium
Dative	pusillanimī			pusillanimibus
Accusative	pusillanimem	pusillanime		pusillanimēs pusillanimīs	pusillanimia
Ablative	pusillanimī			pusillanimibus
Vocative	pusillanimis	pusillanime		pusillanimēs	pusillanimia

Derived terms

• pusillanimitās

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: pusil·lànime
• → English: pusillanimous
• → French: pusillanime
• → Galician: pusilánime
• → Italian: pusillanime
• → Portuguese: pusilânime
• → Spanish: pusilánime

References

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