cincinno
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin.no/
- Rhymes: -inno
- Hyphenation: cin‧cìn‧no
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cincinnus, from Ancient Greek κίκιννος (kíkinnos).
Noun
cincinno m (plural cincinni) (literary)
- a lock of curly hair
- 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book XIV, page 303:
- Le belle chiome al pettine commise, ¶ E di sua mano intorno all’immortale ¶ Augusto capo le compose in vaghi ¶ Ondeggianti cincinni.
- He put the beautiful hair under the comb, and with his own hand made them into wandering wavy curly locks around the immortal august head.
- 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Libro quarto: La vita nuova [Book Fourth: The New Life]”, in Il trionfo della morte [Triumph of Death], published 2017, Chapter VII:
- con una gran capellatura leonina, raccoglieva la polvere tra i suoi cincinni
- with a large leonine head of hair, collected dust between his curly locks
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Derived terms
- cincinnare
Related terms
- cincinnato
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cincinno
- first-person singular present indicative of cincinnare
Latin
Noun
cincinnō
- dative/ablative singular of cincinnus