paene

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). See patior.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯.ne/, [ˈpae̯.nɛ]

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paene (not comparable)

1. almost, nearly
2. (with negative) scarcely, hardly, barely (ex: paene incredibilia)

• paenīnsula
• paenultimus
• penumbra (New Latin)

• Catalan: penes
• French: peine (à peine)
• Italian: appena
• Portuguese: apenas
• Romanian: până
• Spanish: apenas

• paene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • graphic depiction: rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)
    
  • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
    
• paene in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag