enim

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of nam, nē (“truly”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ), ναί (naí).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nim/, [ˈɛ.nĩ]

enim

1. truly
2. for
3. so
4. because

• ĕnim in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• enim in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• enim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ĕnim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 589
• “enim” on pages 607–608 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “enim”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 375/1

enim

1. first-person singular possessive of en

• When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: enim. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, enim, means "I am [a(n)/the] width.")