Cnaeus
Latin
Etymology
From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/, or a hypercorrection of Gnaeus based on its abbreviation Cn.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡnae̯.us/, [ˈŋnae̯.ʊs]
- (hypercorrect) (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈknae̯.us/, [ˈknae̯.ʊs]
Proper noun
Cnaeus
- (archaic or hypercorrect) Alternative form of Gnaeus.
References
- Cnaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cnaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette