noun · femininefirst declension
antenna
antenna f (genitive antennae)
Classical[anˈtɛn.na]Ecclesiastical[anˈtɛn.na]
Meaning
- feminineyard on a ship
- New Latinfeminineantenna in insects etc.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | antenna antemna | antennae antemnae |
| genitive | antennae antemnae | antennārum antemnārum |
| dative | antennae antemnae | antennīs antemnīs |
| accusative | antennam antemnam | antennās antemnās |
| ablative | antennā antemnā | antennīs antemnīs |
| vocative | antenna antemna | antennae antemnae |
antenna (also antemna), ae, f. akin to ἀνατείνω, acc. to Doed.,
I. a sail-yard:
funes, qui antemnas ad malos destinabant, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: malis antemnisque de nave in navem trajectis, Liv. 30, 10 Weissenb.: antemnae gemunt, * Hor. C. 1, 14, 6: Effugit hibernas demissa antemna procellas, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 9: cornua velatarum antemnarum, the ends of the sail-yards covered with the sails, Verg. A. 3, 549.—As pars pro toto = velum: pinus ... antemnis apta ferendis, Ov. M. 13, 783.Origins
May be from Proto-Italic *antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to stretch, extend”).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanantena
- Spanishentenafrom Catalan antena
- Occitanantenafrom Old Occitan antena
- Frenchantennefrom Old Occitan antena
- Aragoneseentenafrom Catalan antena
Elsewhere
- Englishantenna
- GermanAntenne
- Portugueseantena
- Spanishantena
- Albanianantenë
- Belarusianантэ́на
- Bulgarianанте́на
- Czechanténa
- Galicianantena
- Hebrewאַנְטֶנָה
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianantenna
- Corsicanantenna
- Istriotantèna
- Neapolitanntenna
- Sicilianntinna
- Venetananténa
- Venetanalténa
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseentenafrom Old Galician-Portuguese entena
- Galicianentenafrom Old Galician-Portuguese entena
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianantene
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianantèna
- Ligurianantena
- Ligurianantennia
- Lombardantena
- Romagnolantèna
- Piedmonteseanten-a