inanis
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈnaː.nis/, [ɪˈnäːnɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈna.nis/, [iˈnäːnis]
Adjective
inānis (neuter ināne, comparative inānior, superlative inānissimus, adverb ināniter); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | inānis | ināne | inānēs | inānia | |
| Genitive | inānis | inānium | |||
| Dative | inānī | inānibus | |||
| Accusative | inānem | ināne | inānēs inānīs |
inānia | |
| Ablative | inānī | inānibus | |||
| Vocative | inānis | ināne | inānēs | inānia | |
References
- “inanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lose one's labour: inanem laborem suscipere
- (ambiguous) rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
- (ambiguous) mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus
- (ambiguous) senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
- (ambiguous) to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci
- to lose one's labour: inanem laborem suscipere
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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