phrenesis
English
Noun
phrenesis (countable and uncountable, plural phreneses)
Quotations
- "Before the Armada, the Army of Flanders had experienced its share of mutinies or 'furies'--as the ravages of licentious soldiery were called when the phrenesis of indiscipline came over them" - Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe, The Spanish Armada, the Experience of War in 1588, (Oxford, 1988).
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φρένησις (phrénēsis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰreˈneː.sis/, [pʰrɛˈneː.sɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /freˈne.sis/, [freˈneː.sis]
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /freˈneː.sis/, [freˈne.ses]
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | phrenēsis | phrenēsēs |
| Genitive | phrenēsis | phrenēsum |
| Dative | phrenēsī | phrenēsibus |
| Accusative | phrenēsem | phrenēsēs |
| Ablative | phrenēse | phrenēsibus |
| Vocative | phrenēsis | phrenēsēs |
Descendants
- Medieval Latin: phrenesia
- Italian: frenesia
References
- phrenesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phrenesis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- phrenesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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