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See also: Lanius
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin lacnius, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognates include Latin lacer (“torn, mangled”), lacinia (“edge, flap”) and Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lakízō, “to tear to pieces”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lanius m (genitive laniī or lanī); second declension
- butcher
- Synonyms: carnifex, laniātor, laniō, macellarius
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lanius | laniī |
Genitive | laniī lanī1 |
laniōrum |
Dative | laniō | laniīs |
Accusative | lanium | laniōs |
Ablative | laniō | laniīs |
Vocative | lanī | laniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “lanius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lanius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lanius 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)
- lanius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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