antae

See also: Antae

English

Noun

antae

  1. plural of anta

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“doorjamb, doorpost”),[1] which has continued to be accepted by later linguists. Cognates include Sanskrit आता (ā́tā, “door frame”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬁 (aiθiiā, “doorpost”), Old Armenian դրանդի (drandi, “doorpost, threshold”), Proto-Germanic *andō (“vestibule, porch”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

antae f pl (genitive antārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. The pillars on each side of doors or at the corners of buildings

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative antae
genitive antārum
dative antīs
accusative antās
ablative antīs
vocative antae

Descendants

  • Galician: anta
  • Italian: anta
  • Portuguese: anta
  • Sicilian: anta

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “anətā”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 42-43
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “antae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 44-5

Further reading

  • antae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “antae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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