Cnaeus

Latin

Etymology

From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/, or a hypercorrection of Gnaeus based on its abbreviation Cn.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡnae̯.us/, [ˈŋnäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɲe.us/, [ˈɲɛːus]
• (hypercorrect) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈknae̯.us/, [ˈknäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkne.us/, [ˈknɛːus]

Proper noun

Cnaeus

1. (archaic or hypercorrect) Alternative form of Gnaeus.

References

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