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See also: Ciconia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kekoh₂n- (“stork”), a reduplicated derivative of Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”), whence also Latin canō (“to sing”). Cognate to Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”), Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”) (whence English hen), Proto-Slavic *kaňa (“accipitrid”) (whence Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”), Bulgarian ка́ня (kánja, “kite”), Bulgarian каню́ша (kanjúša, “stork”) (dialectal)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kiˈkoː.ni.a/, [kɪˈkoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈko.ni.a/, [t͡ʃiˈkɔːniä]
Noun
[edit]cicōnia f (genitive cicōniae); first declension
- stork
- a derisive gesture made with the fingers
- a T-shaped instrument used to measure depth of furrows
- a transverse pole, mounted on a post, for drawing water
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cicōnia | cicōniae |
Genitive | cicōniae | cicōniārum |
Dative | cicōniae | cicōniīs |
Accusative | cicōniam | cicōniās |
Ablative | cicōniā | cicōniīs |
Vocative | cicōnia | cicōniae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: cigüeña
- Catalan: cigonya
- Old French: ceoigne, çoigne
- Galician: cegoña
- Italian: cicogna
- Occitan: cigonha
- → French: cigogne
- Portuguese: cegonha
- Romansch: cicogna
- Sardinian:
References
[edit]- “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ciconia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ciconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ciconia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525
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