Cynthia
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cynthia (plural Cynthias)
- Artemis (Greek goddess).[1]
- (literary) The Moon.[1]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book 3, Canto 1:
- As when faire Cynthia, in darkesome night, / Is in a noyous cloud enveloped [...].
- 1601, Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana:
- [...] Cynthia's shining orb was made / Heav'n to clear when day did close [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book 3, Canto 1:
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.[1]
- 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter 10:
- “Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use.”
- 1978, Graham Greene, The Human Factor, →ISBN, p. 59:
- Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.
- 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter 10:
Usage notes
- Popular given name in the US in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
female given name
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References
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English Cynthia.
Proper noun
Cynthia
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cynthia.
Latin
Etymology
Morphologically Cynthus (“Cynthus”) + -ia.
Proper noun
Cynthia f (genitive Cynthiae); first declension
- Artemis (Greek goddess) identified with Diana (Roman goddess).[1]
- (poetic)[2] the moon.[3]
- a female given name.[4]
- Delos.[4]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Cynthia | Cynthiae |
Genitive | Cynthiae | Cynthiārum |
Dative | Cynthiae | Cynthiīs |
Accusative | Cynthiam | Cynthiās |
Ablative | Cynthiā | Cynthiīs |
Vocative | Cynthia | Cynthiae |
Synonyms
- (Artemis): Dēlia
Related terms
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) Cynthia
- nominative feminine singular of Cynthius.
- nominative neuter plural of Cynthius.
- accusative neuter plural of Cynthius.
- vocative feminine singular of Cynthius.
- vocative neuter plural of Cynthius.
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) Cynthiā
References
- ^ Sullivan, J. P., Propertius: a Critical Introduction, p. 79.
- ^ Morton Braund, S. (2009), A Lucan Reader: Selections from Civil War, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., p. 52.
- ^ Mélanges offerts à Jacques Heurgon : l'Italie préromaine et la Rome républicaine (1976), volume I, p. 19; Morton Braund, S. (2009), A Lucan Reader: Selections from Civil War, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., p. 52.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cynthia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette..
Portuguese
Proper noun
Cynthia f
- alternative spelling of Cíntia.
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cyn‧thia
Proper noun
Cynthia
- a female given name from English.
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