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cincinnus
cincinnus
English
A cincinnus viewed from above (left) and laterally (right)
Alternative forms
- cicinnus
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 Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kinˈkin.nus/, [kɪŋˈkɪn.nʊs]
Noun
cincinnus m (genitive cincinnī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cincinnus | cincinnī |
| genitive | cincinnī | cincinnōrum |
| dative | cincinnō | cincinnīs |
| accusative | cincinnum | cincinnōs |
| ablative | cincinnō | cincinnīs |
| vocative | cincinne | cincinnī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: cincinnus
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cincinnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- cincinnus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers