alcyon

English

Noun

alcyon (plural alcyons)

1. Archaic form of halcyon.

References

• “alcyon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• calyon, cyanol

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

alcyon m (plural alcyons)

1. halcyon
2. kingfisher

Further reading

• “alcyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

alcyon (kingfisher)

Alternative forms

• halcyōn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ky.oːn/, [ˈäɫ̪kyoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃi.on/, [ˈäl̠ʲt͡ʃion]

Noun

alcyōn f (genitive alcyonis); third declension

1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alcyōn	alcyonēs
Genitive	alcyonis	alcyonum
Dative	alcyonī	alcyonibus
Accusative	alcyonem	alcyonēs
Ablative	alcyone	alcyonibus
Vocative	alcyōn	alcyonēs

Synonyms

• (kingfisher, halcyon): alcēdō

Related terms

• alcēdō
• Alcyonē

Descendants

• Catalan: alció
• → English: halcyon
• French: halcyon
• Romanian: alcion
• Spanish: alción
• Italian: alcione

References

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