cyanus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkyː.a.nus/, [ˈkyːänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.a.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːänus]
Noun[edit]
cȳanus m (genitive cȳanī); second declension
- 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