afannae
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Jocular formation after Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “unseen”). Compare apinae of similar meaning.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈfan.nae̯/, [äˈfänːäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈfan.ne/, [äˈfänːe]
Noun
[edit]afannae f pl (genitive afannārum); first declension (plural only, hapax)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | afannae |
| genitive | afannārum |
| dative | afannīs |
| accusative | afannās |
| ablative | afannīs |
| vocative | afannae |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- afannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “afannae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 14a
- “afannae” in volume I, column 1170, line 63–68 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present