anapaestus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed; anapest”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

anapaestus (feminine anapaesta, neuter anapaestum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. anapestic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative anapaestus anapaesta anapaestum anapaestī anapaestae anapaesta
Genitive anapaestī anapaestae anapaestī anapaestōrum anapaestārum anapaestōrum
Dative anapaestō anapaestō anapaestīs
Accusative anapaestum anapaestam anapaestum anapaestōs anapaestās anapaesta
Ablative anapaestō anapaestā anapaestō anapaestīs
Vocative anapaeste anapaesta anapaestum anapaestī anapaestae anapaesta

Derived terms
  • anapaesticus

Descendants

Noun

anapaestus m (genitive anapaestī); second declension

  1. an anapestic meter; anapest

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anapaestus anapaestī
Genitive anapaestī anapaestōrum
Dative anapaestō anapaestīs
Accusative anapaestum anapaestōs
Ablative anapaestō anapaestīs
Vocative anapaeste anapaestī

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