LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

pannus

pannus m (genitive pannī)
Classical[ˈpan.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpan.nus]

Meaning

  1. masculinecloth
  2. masculinerag
  3. masculinegarment

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

textile, tunica colōrāta
pannus -ī (m) — in Epistulae, ch. 4

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepannuspannī
genitivepannīpannōrum
dativepannōpannīs
accusativepannumpannōs
ablativepannōpannīs
vocativepannepannī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

pannis obsitus
in rags

pannus, i, m. (
I. neutr. collat. form pannum, i, Nov. ap. Non. 218, 27.—Dat. and abl. plur. pannibus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.; Pompon. ap. Non. 488, 32) [πῆνος; Dor. πᾶνος], a cloth, a garment.
I. Lit.: albo Fides Velata panno, Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; Mart. 2, 46, 9: eventus viridis panni, Juv. 11, 198. —Esp. of torn, worn-out clothes, rags, tatters: pannis annisque obsitus, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5; Lucr. 6, 1269; Sen. Contr. 1, 6; id. Ep. 20, 8: rara in tenui facundia panno, Juv. 7, 145; Petr. 83 fin.—
II. Transf.
A. A rag: unus et alter Adsuitur pannus, Hor. A. P. 15; id. Epod. 17, 51: membraque vinxerunt tinctis ferrugine pannis, Ov. Ib. 235; Sen. Ira, 3, 19, 3; Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 114; Col. 6, 12: panno rubro fugare armentum, Gai. Inst. 3, 202.—
B. A head-band, fillet, Val. Max. 7, 2, n. 5 ext.; 6, 2, n. 7.—
C. A bag, satchel, Petr. 135.—
D. A (perh. raglike) substance that grows on the tree aegilops, besides its acorns, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 33. —
E. Plur., an infant's swaddling-clothes: panni infantiae, Vulg. Job, 38, 9; id. Luc. 2, 12.

Origins

Uncertain. Potential cognates include Ancient Greek πῆνος (pênos, “web”) (from Proto-Hellenic *pān-) and maybe also πήνη (pḗnē, “woof thread”), and Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana, “piece of cloth”), Old English fana (“flag”), English fane (from Proto-Germanic *fanô). Because of the variation in vowel and consonant length between these terms, De Vaan 2008 denies the possibility of reconstructing any common Proto-Indo-European etymon for them and says they could be loanwords from an unknown source language. In contrast, Kroonen 2013 reconstructs their source as Proto-Indo-European *peh₂, *ph₂ + *-n-, explaining Latin pann- as a development from *pān- by the "littera rule", a phenomenon with unclear conditions whose applicability is disputed. See Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pano
  • Spanishpaño
  • Galicianpanofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pano
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpanno
  • Sicilianpannu
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpany
  • Old Frenchpan
Borrowings
  • Englishpannus
  • Greekπανί

In English words that came into English from pannus

  • panel*pannellus
  • panepannus
  • pannuspannus
  • panniclepanniculus
  • pannosepannus
  • panniculuspanniculus

Quick answers

What does pannus mean in Latin?
pannus, a noun, means “cloth; rag; garment”.
What is the genitive of pannus?
The genitive singular is pannī. pannus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce pannus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpan.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpan.nus].
Which English words come from pannus?
English words that go back to Latin pannus include pane, pannus, pannose, panel, pannicle and panniculus.