vannus
Latin
editEtymology
editTraditionally derived from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”); compare the diminutive vatillum, as well as Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), English winnow. However, De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics, and leaves the origin open.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯an.nus/, [ˈu̯änːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvan.nus/, [ˈvänːus]
Noun
editvannus f (genitive vannī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vannus | vannī |
Genitive | vannī | vannōrum |
Dative | vannō | vannīs |
Accusative | vannum | vannōs |
Ablative | vannō | vannīs |
Vocative | vanne | vannī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vannus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 653
Further reading
edit- “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vannus 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)
- vannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vannus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag