ensis

See also: Ensis and -ensis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥sis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄσις (ásis, “slime, mud”), Sanskrit असित (ásita, “dark, black”), असि (asi, “sword”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈen.sis/, [ˈẽː.sɪs]

Noun

ēnsis m (genitive ēnsis); third declension

  1. sword
    Ensem lateri accommodare.
    To adjust his sword by his side.
    Petere aliquem ense.
    To attack someone with a sword.
  2. (figuratively) war
    lateque vagatur ensis
  3. (figuratively) defender
    Marcello Romanorum ensi
  4. (figuratively) royal sway
  5. The constellation Orion.

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ēnsis ēnsēs
genitive ēnsis ēnsium
dative ēnsī ēnsibus
accusative ēnsem ēnsēs
ēnsīs
ablative ēnse
ēnsī		 ēnsibus
vocative ēnsis ēnsēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • ensis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ensis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ensis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ensis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ensis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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