cincinnatus

See also: Cincinnatus

Latin

Etymology

From cincinnus (“lock of curly hair”) +‎ -ātus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kin.kinˈnaː.tus/, [kɪŋkɪnˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃinˈna.tus/, [t͡ʃin̠ʲt͡ʃinˈnäːt̪us]

Adjective

cincinnātus (feminine cincinnāta, neuter cincinnātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Having curly hair or ringlets
2. Of comets

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cincinnātus	cincinnāta	cincinnātum		cincinnātī	cincinnātae	cincinnāta
Genitive	cincinnātī	cincinnātae	cincinnātī		cincinnātōrum	cincinnātārum	cincinnātōrum
Dative	cincinnātō		cincinnātō		cincinnātīs
Accusative	cincinnātum	cincinnātam	cincinnātum		cincinnātōs	cincinnātās	cincinnāta
Ablative	cincinnātō	cincinnātā	cincinnātō		cincinnātīs
Vocative	cincinnāte	cincinnāta	cincinnātum		cincinnātī	cincinnātae	cincinnāta

Related terms

• cincinnus

References

• “cincinnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cincinnatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cincinnatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cincinnatus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cincinnatus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray