Cynus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῦνος (Kûnos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cȳnus m sg (genitive Cȳnī); second declension

  1. A port-town of Locris situated opposite to Aedepsus on the island of Euboea

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Cȳnus
genitive Cȳnī
dative Cȳnō
accusative Cȳnum
ablative Cȳnō
vocative Cȳne
locative Cȳnī

References

  • Cynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cynus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Cynus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly