afannae

== Latin == === Etymology === Jocular formation after Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs, “unseen”). Compare apinae of similar meaning. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈfan.nae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈfan.ne] === Noun === afannae f pl (genitive afannārum); first declension (plural only, hapax legomenon) trifles, nonsense ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Synonyms ==== gerrae === References === “afannae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “afannae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 14a “afannae” in volume I, column 1170, line 63–68 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present