lanista
See also: Lanista
English
Etymology
Latin lanista
Noun
lanista (plural lanistas or lanisti)
- (historical) The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.
Etruscan
Romanization
lanista • (lanista)
- Romanization of 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lanista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈni.sta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: la‧nì‧sta
Noun
lanista m (plural lanisti)
- (historical) owner and trainer of gladiators
Further reading
- lanista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀 (lanista, “headsman; gladiator”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈnis.ta/, [ɫ̪äˈnɪs̠t̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈnis.ta/, [läˈnist̪ä]
Noun
lanista m (genitive lanistae); first declension
- trainer or manager of a team of gladiators
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lanista | lanistae |
| Genitive | lanistae | lanistārum |
| Dative | lanistae | lanistīs |
| Accusative | lanistam | lanistās |
| Ablative | lanistā | lanistīs |
| Vocative | lanista | lanistae |
References
- “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lanista 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)
- lanista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “lanista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Anagrams
- nātālis