anxius

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Verb

anxius

  1. conditional of anxiar

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From angō.

Adjective

ānxius (feminine ānxia, neuter ānxium, comparative magis ānxius, superlative maximē ānxius); first/second-declension adjective

  1. afeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ānxius ānxia ānxium ānxiī ānxiae ānxia
genitive ānxiī ānxiae ānxiī ānxiōrum ānxiārum ānxiōrum
dative ānxiō ānxiae ānxiō ānxiīs
accusative ānxium ānxiam ānxium ānxiōs ānxiās ānxia
ablative ānxiō ānxiā ānxiō ānxiīs
vocative ānxie ānxia ānxium ānxiī ānxiae ānxia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄξοος (áxoos, “unwrought, unshorn”) from ξέω (xéō, “to shear”), confused with ἄξιος (áxios, “valuable, worthy”) and through a nasal excrescence with the Latin ānxius.

Adjective

ānxius (feminine ānxia, neuter ānxium); first/second-declension adjective (hapax)

  1. unshorn
    • c. 300, Epitaphium Alliae Potestatis, versus 22–23 – Philologus 73, p. 275
      anxia non mansit, sed corpore pulchra benigno
      levia membra tulit: pilus illi quaesitus ubique.
      She did not stay unshorn, but beautiful from a benign body
      she bore her light liths, hair to be sought on any spot.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ānxius ānxia ānxium ānxiī ānxiae ānxia
genitive ānxiī ānxiae ānxiī ānxiōrum ānxiārum ānxiōrum
dative ānxiō ānxiae ānxiō ānxiīs
accusative ānxium ānxiam ānxium ānxiōs ānxiās ānxia
ablative ānxiō ānxiā ānxiō ānxiīs
vocative ānxie ānxia ānxium ānxiī ānxiae ānxia

References

  • “anxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “anxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anxius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Birt, Theodor (1918) Aus dem Leben der Antike, Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, pages 236–237
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