nanus

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See also: Nanuś

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nānus m (genitive nānī); second declension

  1. dwarf
  2. (transferred) small horse

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nānus nānī
Genitive nānī nānōrum
Dative nānō nānīs
Accusative nānum nānōs
Ablative nānō nānīs
Vocative nāne nānī

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Asturian: nanu
  • Catalan: nan
  • → English: nano-
  • French: nain
  • Galician: anano
  • Italian: nano
  • Portuguese: anão
  • Romanian: nan
  • Sardinian: nanu
  • Sicilian: nanu
  • Spanish: enano

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *nënōs.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnanuːs/

Adjective[edit]

nanus (comparative nannosit, superlative nannoseamọs)

  1. firm, strong
  2. stable, solid, secure
  3. steadfast

Inflection[edit]

Odd, nn-n gradation
Attributive nanu
nana
Nominative nanus
Genitive nannosa
Attributive nanu
nana
Singular Plural
Nominative nanus nannosat
Accusative nannosa nannosiid
Genitive nannosa nannosiid
Illative nannosii nannosiidda
Locative nannosis nannosiin
Comitative nannosiin nannosiiguin
Essive nanusin

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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