anilis

anīlis, e: adj. (anus), of an old woman; an old woman’s, 4.641.

ănīlis, e, adj. [anus], of or pertaining to an old woman.

• I Lit.: voltus, Verg. A. 7, 416: passus, Ov. M. 13, 533: aetas, Col. 2, 1, 2.—
• II Often in a contemptuous sense, like an old woman, old womanish, anile: ineptiae paene aniles, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: superstitio imbecilli animi atque anilis, id. Div. 2, 60; so id. N. D. 2, 28; 3, 5; * Hor. S. 2, 6, 77; Quint. 1, 8, 19.—Comp. and sup. not used.—* Adv.: ănīlĭter, like an old woman: dicere aliquid, Cic. N. D. 3, 39.

anīlis, e (anus), alten Weibern eigen, altweibermäßig, altweiberhaft, altmütterlich, vultus, Verg.: rugae, Ov.: frons, Sen.: aetas, Col.: curae, Verg.: prudentia, einer Greisin, Plin. ep.: cellulae, armer, alter Weiber, Apul. – bes. mit dem Nbbegr. des Abergläubischen, Abgestumpften, Geschwätzigen, superstitio, Cic. u.a.: ineptiae paene an., Cic.: fabellae, Cic.: fabulae, Quint. u.a.: quae sordida, anilia, inepta, vulgaria habentur, altfränkisch, altmodisch, Lact.

anilis [CL] , of an old woman. b (? infl. by annus) ancient. recta locutio ‥ et utilis, non ~is [AS: idel] aut turpis Ælf. Coll. 89; ~is fabula, ealdra cwena spell Id. Sup.; ~ium somniorum figmenta W. Malm. GP I 66; cum ‥ anum prestigiosam ‥ adissemus, ibique ~ibus imbuti sententiis ‥ moraremur Adel. QN 58; ~es fabulas et nenias pueriles P. Blois Ep. 76. 237B; nondumque infundit aniles / brumula prima nives Hanv. IX 395; cuticulam ‥ in rugas ~es evo longiore contractam Gir. GE II 4.  b haec ‥ accipiens ab annili vetustate Æthelw. IV 2; annilem dividunt inter se thesaurum Ib. 3.

ănīlis, (12) e (anus), de vieille femme : Virg. En. 7, 416 ; Ov. M. 13, 533 || à la manière dʼune vieille : Cic. Tusc. 1, 93 ; Div. 2, 125 ; Nat. 2, 70.

anilis , e. adj. (anus.)
老婦人者。

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anīlis e, adj.

• anus, of an old woman: voltus, V.: passus, O.—Old-womanish, anile, silly: ineptiae: fabellae, H.