cycnus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈky.knus/, [ˈkʏknʊs̠]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkyk.nus/, [ˈkʏknʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃik.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃiknus]
Noun
editcycnus m (genitive cycnī); second declension
- A swan; a bird noted for its singing and sacred to Apollo.
- Synonym: olor
- (figuratively) A poet, especially one who sings.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cycnus | cycnī |
Genitive | cycnī | cycnōrum |
Dative | cycnō | cycnīs |
Accusative | cycnum | cycnōs |
Ablative | cycnō | cycnīs |
Vocative | cycne | cycnī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit(Some come from the variant form cygnus.)
References
edit- “cycnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cycnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cycnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cycnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cycnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cycnus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray