enormis

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ nōrma +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈnoːr.mis/, [eːˈnoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈnor.mis/, [eˈnɔrmis]

Adjective

ēnōrmis (neuter ēnōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. irregular, unusual
2. enormous, immense

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ēnōrmis	ēnōrme		ēnōrmēs	ēnōrmia
genitive	ēnōrmis			ēnōrmium
dative	ēnōrmī			ēnōrmibus
accusative	ēnōrmem	ēnōrme		ēnōrmēs ēnōrmīs	ēnōrmia
ablative	ēnōrmī			ēnōrmibus
vocative	ēnōrmis	ēnōrme		ēnōrmēs	ēnōrmia

Descendants

• Catalan: enorme
• Dutch: enorm
• English: enormous
• Esperanto: enorma
• French: énorme
• Galician: enorme
• German: enorm
• Italian: enorme
• Norman: ênorme
• Middle French: enorme
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: enorm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: enorm
• Occitan: enòrme
• Portuguese: enorme
• Romanian: enorm
• Sicilian: enormi
• Spanish: enorme
• Swedish: enorm

References

• “enormis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “enormis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• enormis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• enormis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• enormis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016