immanis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmānis

Etymology

Equivalent to (deprecated template usage) in- +‎ mānus (“good”) +‎ -is, from Old Latin mānus, related to māne (“early in the morning”) and Mānēs (“benevolent spirits of the departed”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“timely, opportune”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈmaː.nis/, [ɪmˈmäːnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈma.nis/, [imˈmäːnis]

Adjective

immānis (neuter immāne, comparative immānior, superlative immānissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. huge, vast, immense

   Synonyms: impēnsus, immēnsus, vāstus, ingēns

2. monstrous, inhuman, savage

   Synonyms: trux, ferōx, violēns, atrōx, efferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer

   Antonyms: misericors, mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quietus, clemens

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	immānis	immāne		immānēs	immānia
genitive	immānis			immānium
dative	immānī			immānibus
accusative	immānem	immāne		immānēs immānīs	immānia
ablative	immānī			immānibus
vocative	immānis	immāne		immānēs	immānia

References

• “immanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “immanis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immanis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.