immanis

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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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

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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

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  • 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.