paene

See also: pæne

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). See patior.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpae̯.ne/, [ˈpäe̯nɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ne/, [ˈpɛːne]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Adverb

paene (not comparable)

  1. almost, nearly
    Synonyms: prope, fermē, ferē, iū̆xtā
  2. (with negative) scarcely, hardly, barely (ex: paene incredibilia)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • >? Aromanian: pãnã, pãn
  • >? Romanian: până
  • → English: pene-

References
  • “paene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “paene”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • graphic depiction: rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)
    • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
  • paene in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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