Cinna

See also: cinna, cinná, and činná

Latin

Etymology

Likely from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.na/, [ˈkɪnːä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin.na/, [ˈt͡ʃinːä]

Proper noun

Cinna m sg (genitive Cinnae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen.
   • 86 - 103 C.E. — Martial, Epigrammata, 6:17

     Cinnam, Cinname, te iubes vocari.

     Cinnamus, you ask to be called Cinna.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cinna
Genitive	Cinnae
Dative	Cinnae
Accusative	Cinnam
Ablative	Cinnā
Vocative	Cinna

References

• “Cinna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cinna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.