cyaneus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”), related to Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kyːˈa.ne.us/, [kyːˈäneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈa.ne.us/, [t͡ʃiˈäːneus]
Adjective
cȳaneus (feminine cȳanea, neuter cȳaneum); first/second-declension adjective
- deep or dark blue (colour)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cȳaneus | cȳanea | cȳaneum | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳanea | |
| Genitive | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳaneī | cȳaneōrum | cȳaneārum | cȳaneōrum | |
| Dative | cȳaneō | cȳaneō | cȳaneīs | ||||
| Accusative | cȳaneum | cȳaneam | cȳaneum | cȳaneōs | cȳaneās | cȳanea | |
| Ablative | cȳaneō | cȳaneā | cȳaneō | cȳaneīs | |||
| Vocative | cȳanee | cȳanea | cȳaneum | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳanea | |
Derived terms
References
- “cyaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cyaneus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly