cinis
See also: -cinis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”). Akin to Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”), Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.nis/, [ˈkɪnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.nis/, [ˈt͡ʃiːnis]
Noun edit
cinis m or f (genitive cineris); third declension
- cold ashes
- (figuratively) ruins of a burned city
Usage notes edit
The word cinis is used for cold, heavy ashes, while favīlla is used for glowing, light ashes (cinders).
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cinis | cinerēs |
Genitive | cineris | cinerum |
Dative | cinerī | cineribus |
Accusative | cinerem | cinerēs |
Ablative | cinere | cineribus |
Vocative | cinis | cinerēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
From cinerem
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
From Vulgar Latin: *cinīsia, *cinusia
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
See also edit
References edit
- “cinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cinis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Volapük edit
Noun edit
cinis
- accusative plural of cin