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Latin
Etymology
annus (“year”) + -uus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
annuus (feminine annua, neuter annuum); first/second-declension adjective
- annual, yearly
- Synonym: anniversārius
- lasting a year
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “annuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “annuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- annuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.