cygnus

See also: Cygnus

Latin

cygnī (swans)

Alternative forms

• cycnus

Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkyɡ.nus/, [ˈkʏŋnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiɲ.ɲus/, [ˈt͡ʃiɲːus]

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Noun

cygnus m (genitive cygnī); second declension

1. A swan; a bird noted for its singing and sacred to Apollo.
2. (figuratively) A poet, especially one who sings.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cygnus	cygnī
Genitive	cygnī	cygnōrum
Dative	cygnō	cygnīs
Accusative	cygnum	cygnōs
Ablative	cygnō	cygnīs
Vocative	cygne	cygnī

Synonyms

• (swan): olor

Derived terms

• cycneus
• Cygnus

Descendants

• → Catalan: cigne
• → Ido: cigno
• → Esperanto: cigno
• Friulian: cign
• Old Italian: cécino, cécero
• → Italian: cigno
• >? Old Occitan: cinhe, cisne
• Piedmontese: cign
• Sardinian: chíghinu
• → Sicilian: cignu, cinnu
• Venetian: siézano
• Old French: cisne, cinne, cigne, cine
  • → Asturian: cisne
  • → English: cygnet
  • → Galician: cisne
  • → Portuguese: cisne
  • → Spanish: cisne
    • → Sardinian: sísini, císini
• → French: cygne (semi-learned)

See also

• swan song