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Finnish

Etymology

munittaa + -us

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmunitus/, [ˈmunit̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -unitus
  • Syllabification(key): mu‧ni‧tus
  • Hyphenation(key): mu‧ni‧tus

Noun

munitus

  1. the action of making something or someone lay eggs or hatch

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of mūniō (fortify).

Participle

mūnītus (feminine mūnīta, neuter mūnītum, comparative mūnitior, superlative mūnītissimus); first/second-declension participle

  1. fortified, having been fortified; secured, having been secured; protected, having been protected
    Synonyms: defensus, tutus, firmātus
    Antonyms: inermis, intutus, nudus, infestus
    • Attributed to Nepos in The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations
      Nullum imperium tutum est nisi benevolentia munitum.
      No empire is safe unless it is secured by good will.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • munitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • munitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "munitus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • munitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a town with a strong natural position: oppidum natura loci munitum (B. G. 1. 38)
    • a town artificially fortified: oppidum manu (opere) munitum
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