pannus
See also: Pannus
English
Noun
pannus (plural panni or pannuses)
- A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
- (meteorology) A type of accessory cloud, looking like shreds either attached to, or separated from, the main cloud formation; mainly associated with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
- (medicine) A tent for a wound.
- (medicine) A birthmark on the skin.
Synonyms
- (cloud): scud
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana, “piece of cloth”), Old English fana (“flag”), English fane.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpan.nus/, [ˈpan.nʊs]
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pannus | pannī |
Genitive | pannī | pannōrum |
Dative | pannō | pannīs |
Accusative | pannum | pannōs |
Ablative | pannō | pannīs |
Vocative | panne | pannī |
Descendants
References
- pannus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pannus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pannus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- in rag: pannis obsitus
- in rag: pannis obsitus
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