cyanus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkyː.a.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.a.nus]
Noun
cȳanus m (genitive cȳanī); second declension
- alternative form of cȳanos (Centaurea cyanus)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cȳanus | cȳanī |
| genitive | cȳanī | cȳanōrum |
| dative | cȳanō | cȳanīs |
| accusative | cȳanum | cȳanōs |
| ablative | cȳanō | cȳanīs |
| vocative | cȳane | cȳanī |
Derived terms
References
- “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