Latin dictionary · noun

fīnis

end

Dictionary forms: fīnis, fīnis

Inflection: third declension

Meaning and definitions

1. end
2. limit, border, bound boundary, frontier
3. boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, lands
4. limit in duration, term (duration of a set length)
5. end, purpose, aim, object, telos
6. death, end (of life)

Connected roots

• fin-

  end, limit

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• final

  coming at the end of a series

• define

  to state the exact meaning of a word or concept

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