English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄνεσις (ánesis, “loosening, abatement, remission”).
Noun
[edit]anesis
- (medicine) Remission of disease symptoms.
- (rhetoric) Addition of a sentence, clause or phrase that diminishes what preceded.
| Examples (rhetoric) |
|---|
|
He was energetic, articulate, popular, and overconfident |
Synonyms
[edit]- (rhetoric): abating
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νεσῐς (ắnesĭs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.nɛ.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ne.s̬is]
Noun
[edit]anesis f sg (genitive anesis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (pure i-stem), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | anesis |
| genitive | anesis |
| dative | anesī |
| accusative | anesim |
| ablative | anesī |
| vocative | anesis |
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈneː.siːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈnɛː.s̬is]
Noun
[edit]anēsīs
References
[edit]- "anesis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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