cinyra
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κινύρᾱ (kinúrā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.ny.ra/, [ˈkɪnʏrä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ni.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːnirä]
Noun
cinyra f (genitive cinyrae); first declension
- (music) lyre (with ten strings)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cinyra | cinyrae |
| Genitive | cinyrae | cinyrārum |
| Dative | cinyrae | cinyrīs |
| Accusative | cinyram | cinyrās |
| Ablative | cinyrā | cinyrīs |
| Vocative | cinyra | cinyrae |
Descendants
- Italian: cinira
References
- “cinyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cinyra 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)
- cinyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette