anesis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἄνεσις (ánesis, “loosening, abatement, remission”). === Noun === anesis (medicine) Remission of disease symptoms. (rhetoric) Addition of a sentence, clause or phrase that diminishes what preceded. ==== Synonyms ==== (rhetoric): abating === Anagrams === Inessa, Saines, anises, asines, sanies, sansei == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νεσῐς (ắnesĭs). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.nɛ.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ne.s̬is] ==== Noun ==== anesis f sg (genitive anesis); third declension (Medieval Latin) relaxation ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (pure i-stem), singular only. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈneː.siːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈnɛː.s̬is] ==== Noun ==== anēsīs dative/ablative plural of anēsum === References === "anesis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)