"anser" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈãː.sɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈan.ser] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. The Latin term may have emerged from a pre-form *hāns ~ *hānsos, which perhaps had an accusative singular form *hānesem. This accusative form would then have evolved into *hānerem, which was then possibly remolded into *hānserem on the basis of the genitive singular form. It is perhaps possible that this accusative singular form then served to introduce -er- into the rest of the inflectional paradigm. However, in any case, *hānser is not attested from Roman material, which includes inscriptional attestation of the cognomen Ānser. The absence of h may be because of an influence from the unrelated word anas (“duck”). Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old Irish géiss, Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (“heron”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ǵʰh₂éns}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns, {{cog|sa|हंस}} Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), {{cog|grc|χήν}} Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), {{cog|ru|гусь}} Russian гусь (gusʹ), {{cog|sga|géiss}} Old Irish géiss, {{cog|ang|gōs}} Old English gōs, {{cog|en|goose}} English goose, {{cog|sq|gatë||heron}} Albanian gatë (“heron”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ānser/ānser<3>|g=m}} ānser m (genitive ānseris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ānser/ānser<3>}} Forms: ānser [canonical, masculine], ānseris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ānser [nominative, singular], ānserēs [nominative, plural], ānseris [genitive, singular], ānserum [genitive, plural], ānserī [dative, singular], ānseribus [dative, plural], ānserem [accusative, singular], ānserēs [accusative, plural], ānsere [ablative, singular], ānseribus [ablative, plural], ānser [singular, vocative], ānserēs [plural, vocative]
  1. goose Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: auca Derived forms: ānserculus, ānserīnus
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