proper noun · masculine
Ansis
Ansis m
Classical[ˈãː.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈan.sis]
Meaning
- Germanicmasculinea tribe of demigods among the Goths
magnaque potiti per loca victoria iam proceres suos, quorum quasi fortuna vincebant, non puros homines, sed semideos id est Ansis vocaverunt.
And as they had won great victory in this region, they called their leaders, by whose fortunes they seemed to have conquered, not mere men, but demigods, that is Ansis.551 CE, Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum 13.76
Origins
From the plural of Gothic *𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*ansus). Cognate with Old Norse æsir, Old English ēse.