euans
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Ancient Greek εὐάζων (euázōn), from εὐάζω (euázō). But there is no verb *euāre attested.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.u̯ans/, [ˈeu̯ä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.vans/, [ˈɛːväns]
Adjective[edit]
euāns (genitive euantis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- crying 'euan!' (the cry of the bacchantibus)
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.390–393:
- saepe vagus Līber Parnassī vertice summō
Thȳjadas effūsīs euantēs crīnibus ēgit,
cum Delphī tōtā certātim ex urbe ruentēs
acciperent laetī dīvum fūmantibus ārīs.
- saepe vagus Līber Parnassī vertice summō
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | euāns | euantēs | euantia | ||
| Genitive | euantis | euantium | |||
| Dative | euantī | euantibus | |||
| Accusative | euantem | euāns | euantēs | euantia | |
| Ablative | euantī | euantibus | |||
| Vocative | euāns | euantēs | euantia | ||
References[edit]
- euans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- euans in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “euans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press