cincinno

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin.no/
• Rhymes: -inno
• Hyphenation: cin‧cìn‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cincinnus, from Ancient Greek κίκιννος (kíkinnos).

Noun

cincinno m (plural cincinni) (literary)

1. a lock of curly hair
   • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎^[1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book XIV, page 303:

     Le belle chiome al pettine commise, ¶ E di sua mano intorno all’immortale ¶ Augusto capo le compose in vaghi ¶ Ondeggianti cincinni.

     He put the beautiful hair under the comb, and with his own hand made them into wandering wavy curly locks around the immortal august head.

   • 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Libro quarto: La vita nuova [Book Fourth: The New Life]”, in Il trionfo della morte [Triumph of Death]‎^[2], published 2017, Chapter VII:

     con una gran capellatura leonina, raccoglieva la polvere tra i suoi cincinni

     with a large leonine head of hair, collected dust between his curly locks

Derived terms

• cincinnare

Related terms

• cincinnato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cincinno

1. first-person singular present indicative of cincinnare

Latin

Noun

cincinnō

1. dative/ablative singular of cincinnus