LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefourth declension

anus1

anus f (genitive anūs)
Classical[ˈa.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. feminineold woman, old maid, crone, matron
    ‘valeās, anus optima!’ dīxī ‘quod superest aevī, molle sit omne, tuī.’“May you be healthy, worthy old woman!” I said. “May what is remaining of your life all be gentle.”8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.415–416
    […] bibit soror, bibit frater, / bibit anus, bibit mater, […][…] the sister drinks, the brother drinks, / the old lady drinks, the mother drinks, […]11th to 13th century, In taberna quando sumus, from Carmina Burana

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fēmina senex.
anus -ūs f — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors

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Anus · Vetula

Anus (as the fem. to senex) denotes an old lady, with respect, and also as a term of reproach; an old woman, with reference to her weakness, credulity, loquacity, and so forth: vetula, an old woman, with reference to her ugliness and disagreeableness. (iv. 92.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanusanūs
ānī
genitiveanūs
ānī		anuum
ānōrum
dativeanuī
ānō		anibus
ānīs
accusativeanumanūs
ānōs
ablativeanū
ānō		anibus
ānīs
vocativeanus
āne		anūs
ānī

ănus, ūs (also uis, Enn. ap. Non. p. 474, 30, or Trag. v. 232 Vahl.; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 46; Varr. ap. Non. p. 494, 24; cf. Gell. 4, 16; Prisc. p. 718 P.; v. domus, fructus, victus), f. cf. old Germ. Ano, Ana, = great-grandfather, great-grandmother; Germ. Ahn, ancestor,
I. an old woman (married or unmarried), a matron, old wife, old maid (sometimes in an honorable sense, but com. as a term of contempt).
I. Lit.: tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 75: quid nuntias super anu? id. Cist. 4, 1, 8: ejus anuis causā, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 46: prudens, Hor. Epod. 17, 47: pia, Ov. M. 8, 631: huic anui non satis, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 16; Vulg. Gen. 18, 13; ib. 1 Tim. 5, 2: quae est anus tam delira, quae ista timeat? Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48 et saep.—Sometimes for a female soothsayer, sibyl, Hor. S. 1, 9, 30; Ov. F. 4, 158.—
II. Transf. as adj., old, aged (cf. senex, old; old man, sometimes old woman): anus matronae, Suet. Ner. 11: libertinam quamvis anum, id. Oth. 2.—Also of animals, or inanimate things of the feminine gender: cerva anus, Ov. A. A. 1, 766: charta, Cat. 68, 46: testa, Mart. 1, 106: terra, Plin. 17, 3, 5, § 35: fici, id. 15, 19, 21, § 82 al.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *anus (“old woman”), from *h₂en-H-o- (“old woman”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís, “grandmother”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”), Lithuanian anyta (“mother-in-law”), Old High German ana (“grandmother”), ano (“grandfather”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”).

In English words that came into English from anus

  • anileanīlis
  • anilityanīlitās
noun · masculinesecond declension
ānus2
ānus m (genitive ānī)
Classical[ˈaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. an ankle cuff
  2. an anus

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeānusānī
genitiveānīānōrum
anuum
dativeānō
anuī		ānīs
anibus
accusativeānumānōs
ablativeānō
anū		ānīs
anibus
vocativeāneānī

ānus, i, m. for as-nus; cf. Sanscr. ās, = to sit, seat one's self; ἧμαι (Dor. ἧσμαι) κάθ-ημαι, Varr.; others refer it to 2. anus, from its form,
I. the posteriors, fundament.
I. Lit., * Cic. Fam. 9, 22; Cels. 7, 30; Scrib. Comp. 227.—
II. Meton., disease of the anus, piles, hemorrhoids (eccl. Lat.): quinque anos aureos facietis, i. e. representations of, Vulg. 1 Reg. 6, 5 bis; 6, 11; 6, 17.
ānus, i, m. related to 2. an- = ἀμφί; prim. signif. a rounding, a circular form; hence also 1. anulus; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 8, p. 76 Müll.,
I. an iron ring for the feet, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eh₂nos
  2. Proto-Italic*ānos
  3. Latinānus

From Proto-Italic *ānos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish áinne (“ring”, from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos) and Old Armenian անուր (anur, “ring, necklace”).

Descendants
  • Catalananus
  • Englishanus
  • Frenchanus
  • Italianano
  • Portugueseânus
  • Romaniananus
  • Spanishano
  • Asturiananu
  • Turkishanüsfrom French anus

In English words that came into English from ānus

  • anusānus
  • annulusānnulus
  • analānālis
  • annularānulāris
  • annuletānnulus
  • annulationannulātus
  • annuloseannulus
  • annulateannulatus
adjective · feminine
anus3
anus f
Classical[ˈa.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.nus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. feminineold, elderly, aged
  2. feminineold, aged
  3. feminineold, aged

Origins

From Proto-Italic *anus (“old woman”), from *h₂en-H-o- (“old woman”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀννίς (annís, “grandmother”), Old Armenian հան (han, “grandmother”), Lithuanian anyta (“mother-in-law”), Old High German ana (“grandmother”), ano (“grandfather”), Old Prussian ane (“grandmother”).

Quick answers

What does anus mean in Latin?
anus, a noun, means “old woman, old maid, crone, matron”.
What is the genitive of anus?
The genitive singular is anūs. anus is feminine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce anus?
In classical Latin, [ˈa.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.nus].