immanis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inmānis

Etymology

in- (“un-”) +‎ Old Latin mānis (“good”), 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): [ɪmˈmaː.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈmaː.nis]

Adjective

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

1. immense, enormous, huge, vast

   Synonyms: vāstus, ingēns, ēnōrmis, immēnsus

2. brutal, inhuman, frightful, savage

   Synonyms: saevus, ferus, efferus, crūdēlis, ferōx, atrōx, trux, barbarus, immītis

   Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, placidus, quiētus, clemēns

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		immānīs immānēs	immānia
ablative	immānī			immānibus
vocative	immānis	immāne		immānēs	immānia

Descendants

• Italian: immane

References

• “immānis” on page 915 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “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.