Britannis
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek Βρεττανίς (Brettanís). Also see Britannia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.nis/, [brɪˈt̪änːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.nis/, [briˈt̪änːis]
Proper noun
Britannis f sg (genitive Britannidos or Britannidis); third declension
- (in the plural) British Isles
- c. 5th century CE, Priscianus Caesariensis, De Orbis Situ Prisciani ex Dionysio Periegetes, lines 577–580:
- Ast aliae [insulae] oceani iuxta boreotidas actas sunt geminae, Rhenique Britannides ostia cernunt; hic etenim lasso perrumpit Tethya cursu. Has tamen haud valeat spatio superare per orbem insula.
- However there are other twin islands near the northern shorelines of the ocean, separating the British Isles from the mouth of the Rhine; for here, the flow exhausted, it breaks through into the sea. There is yet hardly an island in the world that is able to surpass these in size.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Britannis | Britannides Britannidēs |
Genitive | Britannidos Britannidis |
Britannidum |
Dative | Britannidī | Britannidibus |
Accusative | Britannida Britannidem |
Britannidas Britannidēs |
Ablative | Britannide | Britannidibus |
Vocative | Britannis Britanni1 |
Britannides Britannidēs |
1In poetry.
Further reading
- Britannis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Britannis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Britann-” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.niːs/, [brɪˈt̪änːiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /briˈtan.nis/, [briˈt̪änːis]
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