cinnus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Ancient Greek κυκεών (kukeṓn), κόγχος (kónkhos); see congius, concha, and cochlea.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkin.nus/, [ˈkɪnːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃinːus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cinnus | cinnī |
Genitive | cinnī | cinnōrum |
Dative | cinnō | cinnīs |
Accusative | cinnum | cinnōs |
Ablative | cinnō | cinnīs |
Vocative | cinne | cinnī |
Etymology 2
Unknown. Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]
Noun
cinnus m (genitive cinnī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cinnus | cinnī |
Genitive | cinnī | cinnōrum |
Dative | cinnō | cinnīs |
Accusative | cinnum | cinnōs |
Ablative | cinnō | cinnīs |
Vocative | cinne | cinnī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “cinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cinnus 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)
- cinnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭnnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 689
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