anilis

Latin

Etymology

From anus (“old woman, crone”) +‎ -īlis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈniː.lis/, [äˈniːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈni.lis/, [äˈniːlis]

Adjective

anīlis (neuter anīle, adverb anīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to an old woman
2. (derogatory) old-womanish; anile

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	anīlis	anīle		anīlēs	anīlia
genitive	anīlis			anīlium
dative	anīlī			anīlibus
accusative	anīlem	anīle		anīlēs anīlīs	anīlia
ablative	anīlī			anīlibus
vocative	anīlis	anīle		anīlēs	anīlia

Derived terms

• anīlitās
• anīliter

Related terms

• anus

Descendants

• English: anile

References

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