nanus

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See also: Nanuś

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nānus m (genitive nānī); second declension

  1. dwarf
  2. (transferred) small horse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nānus nānī
Genitive nānī nānōrum
Dative nānō nānīs
Accusative nānum nānōs
Ablative nānō nānīs
Vocative nāne nānī

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: nanu
  • Catalan: nan
  • → English: nano-
  • French: nain
  • Galician: anano
  • Italian: nano
  • Portuguese: anão
  • Romanian: nan
  • Sardinian: nanu
  • Sicilian: nanu
  • Spanish: enano

References

  • “nanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nënōs.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnanuːs/

Adjective

nanus (comparative nannosit, superlative nannoseamọs)

  1. firm, strong
  2. stable, solid, secure
  3. steadfast

Inflection

Odd, nn-n gradation
Attributive nanu
nana
Nominative nanus
Genitive nannosa
Attributive nanu
nana
Singular Plural
Nominative nanus nannosat
Accusative nannosa nannosiid
Genitive nannosa nannosiid
Illative nannosii nannosiidda
Locative nannosis nannosiin
Comitative nannosiin nannosiiguin
Essive nanusin

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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