anguis
See also: Anguis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡʷis/, [ˈäŋɡʷɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡwis/, [ˈäŋɡwis]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
anguis m (genitive anguis); third declension
- snake, serpent, dragon
- (astronomy) the constellation Hydra
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | anguis | anguēs |
| Genitive | anguis | anguium |
| Dative | anguī | anguibus |
| Accusative | anguem | anguēs anguīs |
| Ablative | angue anguī | anguibus |
| Vocative | anguis | anguēs |
Synonyms
- (snake, serpent): serpēns, coluber, dracō, vīpera
- (dragon): dracō
Derived terms
- anguen
- angueus
- anguicomus
- anguiculus
- anguifer
- anguigena
- anguiger
- anguimanus
- anguineus
- anguīnus
- anguipēs
- anguitenēns
Related terms
- anguīnus
- anguīlla
References
- “anguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anguis 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)
- anguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “anguis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “anguis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Noun
anguis
- Alternative form of angwissh