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Latin
Etymology
Jocular formation after Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “unseen”). Compare apinae of similar meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
afannae f pl (genitive afannārum); first declension (plural only, hapax)
- trifles, nonsense
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Synonyms
References
- afannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “afannae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 14a
- “afannae” in volume I, column 1170, line 63–68 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present