Ceyx

Translingual

Ceyx erithaca

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”).

Proper noun

Ceyx m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae.

References

• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɪks/

Proper noun

Ceyx

1. (Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone.

Further reading

• Alcyone and Ceyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkeː.yks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.iks]

Proper noun

Cēyx m sg (genitive Cēȳcis or Cēȳcos); third declension

1. Ceyx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone

Declension

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cēyx
genitive	Cēȳcis Cēȳcos
dative	Cēȳcī
accusative	Cēȳcem Cēȳca
ablative	Cēȳce
vocative	Cēyx

References

• “Ceyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press