alcyon
English
Noun
alcyon (plural alcyons)
- Alternative form of halcyon
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alcyon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- calyon, cyanol
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
alcyon m (plural alcyons)
- halcyon
- kingfisher
Further reading
- “alcyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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alcyon (kingfisher)
Alternative forms
- halcyōn
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ky.oːn/, [ˈäɫ̪kyoːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃi.on/, [ˈäl̠ʲt͡ʃion]
Noun
alcyōn f (genitive alcyonis); third declension
- The halcyon; kingfisher.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alcyōn | alcyonēs |
| Genitive | alcyonis | alcyonum |
| Dative | alcyonī | alcyonibus |
| Accusative | alcyonem | alcyonēs |
| Ablative | alcyone | alcyonibus |
| Vocative | alcyōn | alcyonēs |
Synonyms
- (kingfisher, halcyon): alcēdō
Related terms
- alcēdō
- Alcyonē
Descendants
- Catalan: alció
- → English: halcyon
- French: halcyon
- Romanian: alcion
- Spanish: alción
References
- “alcyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alcyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette