ignis

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.ɲis/
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  • (classical) IPA: /ˈiŋ.nis/
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[edit] 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

[edit] Inflection

  • i-stem
Number Singular Plural
nominative ignis ignēs
genitive ignis ignium
dative ignī ignibus
accusative ignem ignīs

ignēs

ablative ignī

igne

ignibus
vocative ignis ignēs
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