immanis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmānis

Etymology

in- (“un-”) +‎ Old Latin mānis (“good”), related to māne (“early in the morning”) and mānēs (“benevolent spirits of the departed”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“timely, opportune”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmaː.nis/, [ɪmˈmäːnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈma.nis/, [imˈmäːnis]

Adjective

immānis (neuter immāne, comparative immānior, superlative immānissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. immense, enormous, huge, vast

   Synonyms: vāstus, ingēns, ēnōrmis, immēnsus

2. brutal, inhuman, frightful, savage

   Synonyms: saevus, ferus, efferus, crūdēlis, ferōx, atrōx, trux, barbarus, immītis

   Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quiētus, clemēns

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	immānis	immāne		immānēs	immānia
Genitive	immānis			immānium
Dative	immānī			immānibus
Accusative	immānem	immāne		immānēs immānīs	immānia
Ablative	immānī			immānibus
Vocative	immānis	immāne		immānēs	immānia

References

• “immānis” on page 915 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “immanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.