pusillanimis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pusillus (“very small”) + animus (“spirit”), calque of Ancient Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.mis/, [pʊs̠ɪlˈlʲänɪmɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.mis/, [pus̬ilˈläːnimis]
Adjective
[edit]pusillanimis (neuter pusillanime); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | pusillanimis | pusillanime | pusillanimēs | pusillanimia | |
| genitive | pusillanimis | pusillanimium | |||
| dative | pusillanimī | pusillanimibus | |||
| accusative | pusillanimem | pusillanime | pusillanimēs pusillanimīs |
pusillanimia | |
| ablative | pusillanimī | pusillanimibus | |||
| vocative | pusillanimis | pusillanime | pusillanimēs | pusillanimia | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: pusil·lànime
- → English: pusillanimous
- → French: pusillanime
- → Galician: pusilánime
- → Italian: pusillanime
- → Portuguese: pusilânime
- → Spanish: pusilánime
References
[edit]- “pusillanimis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pusillanimis 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)
- pusillanimis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.