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10-letter words (1 found)

AMANUENSIS,

9-letter words (1 found)

ANAMNESIS,

8-letter words (2 found)

AMNESIAS,ANIMUSES,

7-letter words (13 found)

AMNESIA,AMUSIAS,ANEMIAS,INSEAMS,MANISES,MINUSES,NANISMS,NAUSEAS,SAMISEN,SANNIES,SIENNAS,SUNNIES,UNSEAMS,

6-letter words (46 found)

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5-letter words (95 found)

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4-letter words (107 found)

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3-letter words (69 found)

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2-letter words (23 found)

AA,AE,AI,AM,AN,AS,EA,EM,EN,ES,IN,IS,MA,ME,MI,MU,NA,NE,NU,SI,UM,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 358 words from amanuensis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of amanuensis

amanuensis

Etymology

From Latin āmanuēnsis (“secretary”), from ab- (“from, off (of)”) +‎ manus (“hand”) +‎ -ensis (“of or from (a place)”), early 17th c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs/
  • enPR: ə-măn'yo͞o-ĕnʹsĭs
  • Hyphenation: a‧man‧u‧en‧sis

Noun

amanuensis (plural amanuenses)

  1. One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  2. A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

Translations

References

  • Gamble, Harry Y. “Amanuensis.” Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. 1. Ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
  • Longenecker, Richard N. “Ancient Amanuenses and the Pauline Epistles.” New Dimensions in New Testament Study. Eds. Richard N. Longenecker and Merrill C. Tenney. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974. 281-97. idem, “On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters.” Scripture and Truth. Eds. D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. 101-14.

Further reading

  • amanuensis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “amanuensis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “amanuensis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin āmanuēnsis (“secretary”), from ab- (“from, off (of)”) +‎ manus (“hand”) +‎ -ensis (“of or from (a place)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [amanuˈɛnsis]

Noun

amanuensis c (singular definite amanuensen or amanuensissen, plural indefinite amanuenser)

  1. A teacher at an institute of higher education with a time-limited position (usually three years).
  2. An assistant with a scientific education, e.g. to a doctor in private practice.

Inflection

References

  • “amanuensis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

From ab- +‎ manus (“hand”) +‎ -ēnsis.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aː.ma.nuˈen.sis/, [äːmänuˈẽːs̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ma.nuˈen.sis/, [ämänuˈɛnsis]

Noun

āmanuēnsis m (genitive āmanuēnsis); third declension

  1. secretary, clerk

Usage notes

Originally used for a slave at his master's personal service 'within hand reach', performing any command. Later, it was specifically applied to intimately trusted servants (also many freedmen) acting as a personal secretary.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

  • Catalan: amanuense
  • English: amanuensis
  • Italian: amanuense
  • Portuguese: amanuense
  • Spanish: amanuense

References

  • “amanuensis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “amanuensis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “amanuensis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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