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
- empty, void, hollow
- Synonyms: vacuus, vānus, irritus
- Antonyms: plenus, refertus, implētus, explētus, complētus, frequens
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis 1:2:
- Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.
- And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
- Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī: et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.
- vain
- worthless
- Synonyms: vīlis, miser
- foolish, inane
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 |
Derived terms
- ināne
- ināniae
- ināniō
- inānitās
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