ciconia
See also: Ciconia
Latin
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cicōnia (a stork)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiˈkoː.ni.a/, [kɪˈkoːniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈko.ni.a/, [t͡ʃiˈkɔːniä]
Noun
cicōnia f (genitive cicōniae); first declension
- stork
- a derisive gesture made with the fingers
- a T-shaped instrument used to measure depth of furrows
- a transverse pole, mounted on a post, for drawing water
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cicōnia | cicōniae |
| Genitive | cicōniae | cicōniārum |
| Dative | cicōniae | cicōniīs |
| Accusative | cicōniam | cicōniās |
| Ablative | cicōniā | cicōniīs |
| Vocative | cicōnia | cicōniae |
Derived terms
- cicōnīnus
Descendants
- Asturian: cigüeña
- Catalan: cigonya
- Old French: ceoigne, çoigne
- French: ceogne, çogne (dialectal, Brie)
- Galician: cegoña
- Italian: cicogna
- Occitan: cigonha
- → French: cigogne
- Portuguese: cegonha
- Romansch: cicogna
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: cicònnia, cicogna, tzicònnia
- Gallurese: cicona, cicogna
- Logudorese: cicònia, cicogna, tzicònnia
- Nuorese: tzicogna, ciconna, tziconna
- Sassarese: cicogna
- Spanish: cigüeña
- Translingual: Ciconia
References
- “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ciconia 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)
- ciconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ciconia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525