amnestia

Etymology

< Latin amnestia < Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Noun

amnestia

1. amnesty

Anagrams

• amnesiat, maistaen, maistane, tasaimen

Alternative forms

• amnistia

Noun

amnestia f (plural amnesties)

1. amnesty

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστῐ́ᾱ (amnēstíā, “forgetfulness”, especially “amnesty”; “failure to mention (a thing)”, “passing (it) over”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈnes.ti.a/, [amˈnɛs.ti.a]

Noun

amnestia f (genitive amnestiae); first declension

1. an amnesty, a forgiving or general pardoning of a state crime

References

• amnestĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amnestĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 115/1
• amnestia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amnestia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “amnestia” on page 119/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “amnestia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 41/2

Alternative forms

• amnestiene

Noun

amnestia n

1. definite plural of amnesti

Noun

amnestia n

1. definite plural of amnesti

Alternative forms

• amnistja

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈnɛ.stja/

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Noun

amnestia f

1. amnesty

Further reading

• amnestia in Polish dictionaries at PWN