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Latin
Etymology
From anus (“old woman, crone”) + -īlis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anīlis (neuter anīle, adverb anīliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to an old woman
- (derogatory) old-womanish; anile
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “anilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “anilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- anilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.