anubis

See also: Anubis and Anúbis

Latin

Etymology

From the dog-headed god Anūbis.

Adjective

anūbis (neuter anūbe); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (New Latin) dog-headed

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative anūbis anūbe anūbēs anūbia
Genitive anūbis anūbium
Dative anūbī anūbibus
Accusative anūbem anūbe anūbēs
anūbīs		 anūbia
Ablative anūbī anūbibus
Vocative anūbis anūbe anūbēs anūbia

Usage notes
  • Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not inflected except in the nominative singular; other inflections are theoretical.

Derived terms

References
  • anubis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • anubis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anubis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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