amnis
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈam.nis/
Noun
amnis
- plural of amni
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin *abnis, from Proto-Italic *afnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ph₃nís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-.
Cognate with Sanskrit अप् (áp, “water”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a /apiyā/, “into the water”), Tocharian B āp (“water”), Hittite 𒄩𒉺𒀀 (ḫa-pa-a, “towards the river”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈam.nis/, [ˈämnɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈam.nis/, [ˈämnis]
Noun
amnis m (genitive amnis); third declension
- Broad, deep flowing, rapid water; stream, torrent, river; ocean; liquid; current.
- (figuratively, of a writer) The flowing, flow or pouring out of a piece of writing.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amnis | amnēs |
| Genitive | amnis | amnium |
| Dative | amnī | amnibus |
| Accusative | amnem | amnēs amnīs |
| Ablative | amne amnī | amnibus |
| Vocative | amnis | amnēs |
Synonyms
- (river): flūmen
Derived terms
- amnicola
- amniculus
- amnicus
- amnigena
References
- “amnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amnis 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)
- amnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette