antae

== English == === Noun === antae plural of anta === Anagrams === Ætna, Aetna, Aneta == Latin == === Etymology === Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énHteh₂ (“doorjamb, doorpost”), which has continued to be accepted by later linguists. Cognates include Sanskrit आता (ā́tā, “door frame”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬁 (aiθiiā, “doorpost”), Old Armenian դրանդի (drandi, “doorpost, threshold”), Proto-Germanic *andō (“vestibule, porch”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.tae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan.te] === Noun === antae f pl (genitive antārum); first declension (plural only) The pillars on each side of doors or at the corners of buildings ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Descendants ==== Galician: anta Istriot: anta Italian: anta Portuguese: anta Sicilian: anta === References === === Further reading === “antae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “antae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press