aes
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aes"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪz/
Noun
aes
- (rare) plural of a, the name of the letter A.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic:
- Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Dutch
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *aos, early *ajos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯s/, [äe̯s̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /es/, [ɛs]
Noun
aes n (genitive aeris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aes | aera |
Genitive | aeris | aerum |
Dative | aerī | aeribus |
Accusative | aes | aera |
Ablative | aere | aeribus |
Vocative | aes | aera |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “aes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aes 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)
- aes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- to incur debts: aes alienum (always in sing.) facere, contrahere
- to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
- to get into debt: incidere in aes alienum
- to be in debt: aes alienum habere
- to pay one's debts: aes alienum dissolvere, exsolvere
- to engrave a law upon a brazen tablet: legem in aes incīdere
- (ambiguous) to breathe the air: aera spiritu ducere
- (ambiguous) to be in debt: in aere alieno esse
- (ambiguous) to be deeply in debt: aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse
- (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: ex aere alieno exire
- (ambiguous) to get out of debt: aere alieno liberari
- (ambiguous) to be fined 10,000 asses: decem milibus aeris damnari
- coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
- “aes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “aes”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “aes”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es/, /eːz/
References
- “aes, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaes/ [ˈa.es]
- Rhymes: -aes
- Syllabification: a‧es
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