vannus
Latin
Etymology
For Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Confer with the diminutive vatillum. Cognate with Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), English winnow.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯an.nus/, [ˈu̯änːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvan.nus/, [ˈvänːus]
Noun
vannus f (genitive vannī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vannus | vannī |
| genitive | vannī | vannōrum |
| dative | vannō | vannīs |
| accusative | vannum | vannōs |
| ablative | vannō | vannīs |
| vocative | vanne | vannī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dutch: wan
- English: fan, van
- French: van
- ⇒ Portuguese: abano
- ⇒ Galician: abano
- German: Wanne
- Italian: vaglio
References
- “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vannus 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)
- vannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vannus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag