[ˈɪŋ.nɪs], [ˈiɲ.ɲis]
OriginInherited from Proto-Italic *əngʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís (“fire”). Cognate with Lithuanian ugnis, Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš) (an Indo-Iranian borrowing), Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ) and Old Prussian ugnis.
- declension-3, masculinefire
“ferrō ignīque” — with iron and with fire
“striduntque cavernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat” — Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires
- declension-3, masculine, metonymicallybeacon, signal by fire
Formsignis(genitive) · ignis(nominative, singular) · ignēs(nominative, plural) · ignis(genitive, singular) · ignium(genitive, plural) · ignī(dative, singular) · ignibus(dative, plural) · ignem(accusative, singular) · ignēs(accusative, plural) · ignīs(accusative, plural) · ignī(ablative, singular) · igne(ablative, singular) · ignibus(ablative, plural) · ignis(singular, vocative) · ignēs(plural, vocative)