Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κινύρᾱ (kinúrā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cinyra f (genitive cinyrae); first declension

  1. (music) lyre (with ten strings)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cinyra cinyrae
Genitive cinyrae cinyrārum
Dative cinyrae cinyrīs
Accusative cinyram cinyrās
Ablative cinyrā cinyrīs
Vocative cinyra cinyrae

Descendants edit

  • Italian: cinira

References edit

  • cinyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cinyra 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)
  • cinyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.