anodynos

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ἀνώδῠνος (anṓdunos, “allaying pain”).

Alternative forms

• anōdynus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈnoː.dy.nos/, [äˈnoːd̪ʏnɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈno.di.nos/, [äˈnɔːd̪inos]

Adjective

anōdynos (feminine anōdyna, neuter anōdynon); first/second-declension adjective (Greek-type)

1. stilling or relieving pain

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (Greek-type)

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	anōdynos	anōdyna	anōdynon		anōdynī	anōdynae	anōdyna
genitive	anōdynī	anōdynae	anōdynī		anōdynōrum	anōdynārum	anōdynōrum
dative	anōdynō	anōdynae	anōdynō		anōdynīs
accusative	anōdynon	anōdynān	anōdynon		anōdynōs	anōdynās	anōdyna
ablative	anōdynō	anōdynā	anōdynō		anōdynīs
vocative	anōdyne	anōdyna	anōdynon		anōdynī	anōdynae	anōdyna

Derived terms

• anōdynon

Descendants

• English: anodyne
• Italian: anodino
• Portuguese: anódino
• Spanish: anodino

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of anōdynus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈnoː.dy.noːs/, [äˈnoːd̪ʏnoːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈno.di.nos/, [äˈnɔːd̪inos]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) anōdynōs

1. accusative masculine plural of anōdynus

References

• “ănōdynŏs (-us), a, on (um)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ănōdynŏs, ŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 130/3.
• “anōdynus” on page 137/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)