lanista

See also: Lanista

English

Etymology

Latin lanista

Noun

lanista (plural lanistas or lanisti)

1. (historical) The trainer or manager of a team of gladiators.

Etruscan

Romanization

lanista

1. Romanization of 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lanista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈni.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: la‧nì‧sta

Noun

lanista m (plural lanisti)

1. (historical) owner and trainer of gladiators

Further reading

• lanista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌀 (lanista, “headsman; gladiator”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈnis.ta/, [ɫ̪äˈnɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈnis.ta/, [läˈnist̪ä]

Noun

lanista m (genitive lanistae); first declension

1. trainer or manager of a team of gladiators

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lanista	lanistae
Genitive	lanistae	lanistārum
Dative	lanistae	lanistīs
Accusative	lanistam	lanistās
Ablative	lanistā	lanistīs
Vocative	lanista	lanistae

References

• “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lanista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lanista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lanista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “lanista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Anagrams

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