inanis
Latin
editEtymology
editUnknown.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈnaː.nis/, [ɪˈnäːnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈna.nis/, [iˈnäːnis]
Adjective
editinānis (neuter ināne, comparative inānior, superlative inānissimus, adverb ināniter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- empty, void, hollow
- Synonyms: vacuus, vānus, irritus
- Antonyms: plenus, refertus, implētus, explētus, complētus, frequens
- vain
- (figuratively) purposeless, meaningless, worthless, useless, fruitless, empty, idle
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.217–218:
- “[...] nōs mūnera templīs / quippe tuīs ferimus fāmamque fovēmus inānem.”
- “[Yet] we bring offerings to temples – yes, to yours – [only to] honor a meaningless reputation?”
(Iarbas dares to question whether Jupiter/Hammon is attentive – and responsive – to human affairs.)
- “[Yet] we bring offerings to temples – yes, to yours – [only to] honor a meaningless reputation?”
- “[...] nōs mūnera templīs / quippe tuīs ferimus fāmamque fovēmus inānem.”
- foolish, inane
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | inānis | ināne | inānēs | inānia | |
Genitive | inānis | inānium | |||
Dative | inānī | inānibus | |||
Accusative | inānem | ināne | inānēs inānīs |
inānia | |
Ablative | inānī | inānibus | |||
Vocative | inānis | ināne | inānēs | inānia |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: inane
References
edit- “inanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lose one's labour: inanem laborem suscipere
- (ambiguous) rich in ideas: sententiis abundans or creber (opp. sententiis inanis)
- (ambiguous) mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus
- (ambiguous) senseless rant: inanium verborum flumen
- (ambiguous) to be misled by a vain hope: inani, falsa spe duci, induci
- to lose one's labour: inanem laborem suscipere
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN