anas Latin · revision 5954

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂énh₂ts}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈa.nas]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.nas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''anas''' ''f'' (genitive anitis or anatis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*anati-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂enh₂-ti-|t=duck]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|आति|tr=ātí|t=a waterbird]], [[grc|νῆσσα|tr=nêssa|t=duck]], [[lt|ántis]], [[ru|утка|tr=útka]], [[ang|æned]] and [[de|Ente]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The stem ⟨anit-⟩ shows the usual weakening of an unstressed vowel, and ⟨anat-⟩ either keeps the old vowel or assimilated it to the first syllable.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who has the plural ''anitēs''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a duck, and Cicero speaks of duck eggs.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The genitive plural is ''anatum'' in Cicero and Pliny the Elder and rarely ''anatium'' in Varro.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was still the word for a duck or drake, glossed by Old English ''ened''.^(DMLBS) Its descendants include [[es|ánade]] and [[ca|ànec]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has the plural ''anitēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of duck eggs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|duck]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|duck]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It is distinct from ''anās'', ''anātis'', “the disease of old women”, from [[anus]] “old woman”, and also from ''Anas'', the river Guadiana.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}