Latin noun
animus
animus, animī m.
animus is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “in souls” (once), “my mind” (once) and “spirits” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from animus to the words it goes with.
Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?
Is there such great wrath in divine souls?
animis: goes with irae.
In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora;
My mind inclines to tell of forms changed into new bodies.
animus: subject of fert.
…eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt…
Of all these, the Belgians are the bravest, because they are furthest removed from the civilization and refinement of the province, and merchants least often travel to them and import those things which pertain to weakening their spirits, and they are nearest to the Germans, who live across the Rhine, with whom they continually wage war.
animos: object of effeminandos.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| animis | Dative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
| animos | Accusative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
| animus | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to animus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the dativeThe Latin dative marks the person something is given to, said to or done for. Its uses and endings, with real lines from Horace, Seneca and Catullus.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.