cinis

See also: -cinis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *kenis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).[1]

    Cognate with Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”),[1] Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”), and Tocharian B kentse.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cinis m or f (genitive cineris); third declension

    1. cold ashes
    2. (figuratively) ruins of a burned city

    Usage notes

    The word cinis is used for cold, heavy ashes, while favilla is used for glowing, light ashes (cinders).

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cinis cinerēs
    genitive cineris cinerum
    dative cinerī cineribus
    accusative cinerem cinerēs
    ablative cinere cineribus
    vocative cinis cinerēs

    Descendants

    From cinis, cinerem:

    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • Corsican: cenere, cenera, cennera, cendera
      • Italian: cenere
        Tuscan and Central Italian: cenere, cendere
      • Neapolitan: cennere, cendre, cegnere
      • Sicilian: cìnniri
        Calabrese: cìnnara, cìnnari
      • Venetan: sènare, séndra (western dialects)
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: zànnder, sendra, sanar
      • Ligurian: çénie, çènia, çènre, çène
      • Lombard: sendra, sener, sender
      • Piedmontese: sënner, sënre, sëner, sëndre
      • Romagnol: sendre, sendra
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:

    From *cinisiam or *cinusiam:

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cinis, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

    Further reading

    • “cinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “cinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "cinis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “cinis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Volapük

    Noun

    cinis

    1. accusative plural of cin
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