cinnus
Latin
Etymology 1
Unknown. Compare Ancient Greek κυκεών (kukeṓn), κόγχος (kónkhos); see congius, concha, and cochlea. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪn.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃin.nus]
Noun
cinnus m (genitive cinnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| 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.
| 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, volume 2: C Q K, page 689