exanimis

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

exanimis (neuter exanime); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. dead, lifeless
    Synonyms: mortuus, dēfūnctus
    Antonym: vīvus
  2. breathless, as if near death, resulting from fear or terror; fainting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.672:
      Audiit exanimis trepidōque exterrita cursū
      [Anna] hears, and – breathless, terrified, [then] with wild haste [...].
      (Fearing the worst, Anna is briefly without a breath – i.e., she figuratively becomes nearly lifeless herself, and maybe almost faints – before she rushes to find her sister Dido near death.)
  3. terrified, dismayed

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative exanimis exanime exanimēs exanimia
Genitive exanimis exanimium
Dative exanimī exanimibus
Accusative exanimem exanime exanimēs
exanimīs
exanimia
Ablative exanimī exanimibus
Vocative exanimis exanime exanimēs exanimia

Descendants

  • English: exanimous
  • Portuguese: exânime
  • Spanish: exánime

References

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