Cynthia

English

Alternative forms

• Cinthia, Cinthya, Cintia, Cintya, Cynthea, Cyntheia, Cynthya, Sinthia, Sintia, Synthea, Synthia, Syntia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭnʹthē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnθiə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Cyn‧thi‧a
• Rhymes: -ɪnθiə

Proper noun

Cynthia (plural Cynthias)

1. Artemis (Greek goddess).

   Synonym: Delia

2. (literary) The Moon.

   Synonyms: Luna, Selene

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     As when faire Cynthia, in darkesome night, / Is in a noyous cloud enveloped [...].

   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana:

     [...] Cynthia's shining orb was made / Heav'n to clear when day did close [...].

3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 10, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:

     “Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use.”

   • 1978, Graham Greene, The Human Factor, →ISBN, page 59:

     Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.

Usage notes

• Popular given name in the US in the 1950s and the 1960s.

Related terms

• Cynthus
• Cynthian

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: سِينْثِيَا f (sīnṯiyā)
• Azerbaijani: Sintiya
• Bulgarian: Си́нтия f (Síntija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辛西婭／辛西娅 (Xīnxīyà)

• French: Cynthia (fr) f, Cynthie (fr) f
• Greek: Κυνθία (el) f (Kynthía)
• Hungarian: Cintia (hu), Szintia
• Italian: Cinzia (it) f
• Japanese: シンシア (Shinshia)
• Korean: 신시아 (Sinsia)
• Latin: Cynthia f
• Latvian: Sintija f
• Persian: سینتیا
• Polish: Cyntia f
• Portuguese: Cíntia (pt) f
• Russian: Си́нтия f (Síntija)
• Spanish: Cintia (es) f
• Ukrainian: Сінтія f (Sintija)

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia.

Proper noun

Cynthia

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cynthia.

French

Alternative forms

• Cynthie (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Cynthia f

1. Cynthia

Related terms

• Cynthe
• cynthien

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia, from Latin Cynthia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈti(j)a/

Proper noun

Cynthia

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Latin]

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía, feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian”, of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)); morphologically Cynthus (“Cynthus”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkyn.tʰi.a/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

Proper noun

Cynthia f (genitive Cynthiae); first declension

1. Artemis (Greek goddess) identified with Diana (Roman goddess)

   Synonym: Dēlia

2. (poetic) the moon
3. a female given name from Ancient Greek
4. Delos

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Cynthia	Cynthiae
Genitive	Cynthiae	Cynthiārum
Dative	Cynthiae	Cynthiīs
Accusative	Cynthiam	Cynthiās
Ablative	Cynthiā	Cynthiīs
Vocative	Cynthia	Cynthiae

Related terms

• Cynthius

Descendants

• French: Cynthia
• → English: Cynthia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkyn.tʰi.a/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

Adjective

Cynthia

1. inflection of Cynthius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkyn.tʰi.aː/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

Adjective

Cynthiā

1. ablative feminine singular of Cynthius

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cynthia f

1. alternative spelling of Cíntia

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsintia/ [ˈsin̪.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -intia
• Syllabification: Cyn‧thi‧a

Proper noun

Cynthia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

1. a female given name from English