Noun: amnis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | amnis |
| Plural | amnēs |
Genitive
| Singular | amnis |
| Plural | amnium |
Dative
| Singular | amnī |
| Plural | amnibus |
Accusative
| Singular | amnem |
| Plural | amnēs; amnīs |
Ablative
| Singular | amne; amnī |
| Plural | amnibus |
Vocative
| Singular | amnis |
| Plural | amnēs |
Sample Sentences
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[...] ruunt dē montibus amnēs. ([Heavy rain falls:] Torrents rush down the mountains.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.164]
Nouns inflected like amnis
subclassis,
birēmis,
novālis,
superclassis,
quadrirēmis,
quīnquerēmis,
classis,
vōcālis,
amnis,
auris,
fīnis,
orbis,
cīvis,
rudis,
nātālis,
sēmivōcālis,
trirēmis,
maiālis,
majālis,
mataris, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebʰ-n- (“river”), from the root *h₂ebʰ-, *h₂ep- (“water”). Compare Old Irish aub (“river”), Albanian amë (“river”).
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