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amnis
amnis
Latin
Noun
amnis m (genitive amnis); third declension
- Broad, deep flowing, rapid water; stream, torrent, river; ocean; liquid; current.
- (figuratively, of a writer) The flowing, flow or pouring out of a piece of writing.
Inflection
Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amnis | amnēs |
| genitive | amnis | amnium |
| dative | amnī | amnibus |
| accusative | amnem | amnēs amnīs |
| ablative | amne amnī |
amnibus |
| vocative | amnis | amnēs |
Synonyms
- (river): flūmen
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: amnicole
References
- amnis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amnis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- AMNIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amnis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.