English

Noun

pannus ‎(plural panni or pannuses)

1. A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
2. (meteorology) A type of accessory cloud, looking like shreds either attached to, or separated from, the main cloud formation. Mainly associated with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.

Synonyms

• (cloud): scud

Anagrams

• unsnap

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- ‎(“fabric”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῆνος ‎(pênos, “web”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 ‎(fana, “piece of cloth”), Old English fana ‎(“flag”), English fane, vane, fon, fond.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.nus/, [ˈpan.nʊs]

Noun

pannus m ‎(genitive pannī); second declension

1. cloth
2. rag
3. garment

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• pannus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pannus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PANNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pannus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in rag: pannis obsitus