Cynthius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύνθιος (Kúnthios); morphologically Cynthus +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Cynthius (feminine Cynthia, neuter Cynthium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Cynthian (of or relating to Mount Cynthus)[1]

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Cynthius Cynthia Cynthium Cynthiī Cynthiae Cynthia
Genitive Cynthiī Cynthiae Cynthiī Cynthiōrum Cynthiārum Cynthiōrum
Dative Cynthiō Cynthiō Cynthiīs
Accusative Cynthium Cynthiam Cynthium Cynthiōs Cynthiās Cynthia
Ablative Cynthiō Cynthiā Cynthiō Cynthiīs
Vocative Cynthie Cynthia Cynthium Cynthiī Cynthiae Cynthia

Proper noun[edit]

Cynthius m (genitive Cynthiī or Cynthī); second declension

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Cynthius Cynthiī
Genitive Cynthiī
Cynthī1
Cynthiōrum
Dative Cynthiō Cynthiīs
Accusative Cynthium Cynthiōs
Ablative Cynthiō Cynthiīs
Vocative Cynthī Cynthiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ White, J. T. (1875) Selections from Ovid's Fasti and Epistles, page 52