ignis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷni-, *hn̥gʷnis. Cognate with Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (a-ak-ni-iš), Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ), Old Prussian ugnis.

Pronunciation

• (ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.ɲis/

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• (classical) IPA: /ˈiŋ.nis/

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Noun

ignis (genitive ignis); m, third declension

1. fire

   ferro ignique.

   With iron and [with] fire.

   • 29–19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid, 8.420

     striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat

     Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ignis	ignēs
genitive	ignis	ignium
dative	ignī	ignibus
accusative	ignem	ignīs ignēs
ablative	ignī igne	ignibus
vocative	ignis	ignēs

Derived terms

• igniō