cyanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.a.nus/, [ˈkyːänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.a.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːänus]

Noun

cȳanus m (genitive cȳanī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cȳanos (Centaurea cyanus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cȳanus	cȳanī
genitive	cȳanī	cȳanōrum
dative	cȳanō	cȳanīs
accusative	cȳanum	cȳanōs
ablative	cȳanō	cȳanīs
vocative	cȳane	cȳanī

Derived terms

• Centaurea cyanus

References

• “cyanos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cyanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cyanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers