anima

anima lat. "Luft, Brise; Atem, Seele, Spirit, Leben'

Im Lateinisch unterschied sich spīritus von lateinisch anima, dessen etymologische Bedeutung ebenfalls „Atmen“ (uig.-wurzel *h₂enh₁-) war,,^[1] das jedoch eine etwas andere Bedeutung angenommen hatte, nämlich „Seele“.

Etymologie 1

s. animus.

Substantiv

anima f (Genitiv animae); erste Deklination

Seele, Spirit, Leben
Luft, Brise
Atem
1. Synonyme: spīritus, spīrātiō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.ma/, [ˈänɪmä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.ma/, [ˈäːnimä]

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anima	animae
Genitive	animae	animārum
Dative	animae	animīs animābus
Accusative	animam	animās
Ablative	animā	animīs animābus
Vocative	anima	animae

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

animā

second-person singular present active imperative of animō

↑ anə-, from *ə₂enə₁-. Watkins, Calvert. 2000. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, second edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., p. 4. Also available online. (NB: Watkins uses ə₁, ə₂, ə₃ as fully equivalent variants for h₁, h₂, h₃, respectively, for the notation of Proto-Indo-European laryngeal segments.)

[1] anə-, from *ə₂enə₁-. Watkins, Calvert. 2000. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, second edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., p. 4. Also available online. (NB: Watkins uses ə₁, ə₂, ə₃ as fully equivalent variants for h₁, h₂, h₃, respectively, for the notation of Proto-Indo-European laryngeal segments.)

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