nenia
See also: nénia, nênia, and neniä
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
nenia (plural nenias)
- A funeral song; an elegy.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nenia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Annie, inane
Esperanto
Etymology
From neni- (negative correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of kind).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neˈnia/
- Hyphenation: ne‧ni‧a
- Rhymes: -ia
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Determiner
nenia (accusative singular nenian, plural neniaj, accusative plural neniajn)
- no kind of
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nenia.
Noun
nenia f (plural nenie)
- dirge
- wail
Anagrams
- inane
Latin
Alternative forms
- naenia
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈneː.ni.a/
Noun
nēnia f (genitive nēniae); first declension
- A funereal song; a dirge
- A song of little consequence; a ditty; a tune
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nēnia | nēniae |
| Genitive | nēniae | nēniārum |
| Dative | nēniae | nēniīs |
| Accusative | nēniam | nēniās |
| Ablative | nēniā | nēniīs |
| Vocative | nēnia | nēniae |
Descendants
- Italian: nenia
- Portuguese: nênia
References
- nenia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nenia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- nenia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nenia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin