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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
Adjective
immānis (neuter immāne, comparative immānior, superlative immānissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- immense, enormous, huge, vast
- Synonyms: vāstus, ingēns, ēnōrmis, immēnsus
- brutal, inhuman, frightful, savage
- Synonyms: saevus, ferus, efferus, crūdēlis, ferōx, atrōx, trux, barbarus, immītis
- Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quiētus, clemēns
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “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.