anapaestus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed; anapest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpae̯s.tus/, [änäˈpäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpes.tus/, [änäˈpɛst̪us]

Adjective

anapaestus (feminine anapaesta, neuter anapaestum); first/second-declension adjective

1. anapestic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	anapaestus	anapaesta	anapaestum		anapaestī	anapaestae	anapaesta
Genitive	anapaestī	anapaestae	anapaestī		anapaestōrum	anapaestārum	anapaestōrum
Dative	anapaestō		anapaestō		anapaestīs
Accusative	anapaestum	anapaestam	anapaestum		anapaestōs	anapaestās	anapaesta
Ablative	anapaestō	anapaestā	anapaestō		anapaestīs
Vocative	anapaeste	anapaesta	anapaestum		anapaestī	anapaestae	anapaesta

Derived terms

• anapaestum

Related terms

• anapaesticus

Descendants

• Catalan: anapest
• English: anapæst, anapest
• French: anapeste
• German: Anapäst
• Italian: anapesto
• → Polish: anapest (learned)
• Portuguese: anapesto
• Spanish: anapesto

Noun

anapaestus m (genitive anapaestī); second declension

1. an anapestic meter; anapest

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anapaestus	anapaestī
Genitive	anapaestī	anapaestōrum
Dative	anapaestō	anapaestīs
Accusative	anapaestum	anapaestōs
Ablative	anapaestō	anapaestīs
Vocative	anapaeste	anapaestī

References

• “anapaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anapaestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anapaestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.