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ănīlis , e, adj. anus,
I.of or pertaining to an old woman.
I. Lit.: “voltus,” Verg. A. 7, 416: “passus,” Ov. M. 13, 533: “aetas,” Col. 2, 1, 2.—
II. Often in a contemptuous sense, like an old woman, old womanish, anile: “ineptiae paene aniles,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: “superstitio imbecilli animi atque anilis,” id. Div. 2, 60; so id. N. D. 2, 28; 3, 5; * Hor. S. 2, 6, 77; Quint. 1, 8, 19.—Comp. and sup. not used.—* Adv.: ănīlĭter , like an old woman: “dicere aliquid,” Cic. N. D. 3, 39.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.416
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.77
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.533
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.28
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.39
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.60
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.39
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 8.19
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.1.2
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