I.of or pertaining to an old woman.
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.