Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cȳanus m (genitive cȳanī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of cȳanos (Centaurea cyanus)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cȳanus cȳanī
Genitive cȳanī cȳanōrum
Dative cȳanō cȳanīs
Accusative cȳanum cȳanōs
Ablative cȳanō cȳanīs
Vocative cȳane cȳanī

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • cyanos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cyanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • cyanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers