cincinnus
English
A cincinnus viewed from above (left) and laterally (right)
Alternative forms
- cicinnus
Etymology
From Latin cincinnus (“a lock of hair”).
Noun
cincinnus (plural cincinni)
- (botany) A type of monochasium on which the successive axes arise alternately in respect to the preceding one; a scorpioid cyme.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῐ́κῐννος (kíkinnos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kinˈkin.nus/, [kɪŋˈkɪnːʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin.nus/, [t͡ʃin̠ʲˈt͡ʃinːus]
Noun
cincinnus m (genitive cincinnī); second declension
- a curled lock of hair
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cincinnus | cincinnī |
| Genitive | cincinnī | cincinnōrum |
| Dative | cincinnō | cincinnīs |
| Accusative | cincinnum | cincinnōs |
| Ablative | cincinnō | cincinnīs |
| Vocative | cincinne | cincinnī |
Derived terms
- cincinnātus
Descendants
- English: cincinnus
- Galician: cenceno
- Italian: cincinno
References
- “cincinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cincinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cincinnus 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)
- cincinnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cincinnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers