English

Noun

nenia ‎(plural nenias)

1. A funeral song; an elegy.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Determiner

nenia ‎(accusative singular nenian, plural neniaj, accusative plural neniajn)

1. no kind of

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nenia.

Noun

nenia f ‎(plural nenie)

1. dirge
2. wail

Anagrams

• inane

Latin

Alternative forms

• naenia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.ni.a/

Noun

nēnia f ‎(genitive nēniae); first declension

1. A funereal song; a dirge
2. A song of little consequence; a ditty; a tune

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

• Italian: nenia
• Portuguese: nênia

References

• nenia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nenia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nenia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• nenia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nenia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin