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Latin
Etymology
Republican and traditional spelling established before the 2nd c. BCE when the letter C represented the phonetic value of both /k/ and /ɡ/. Especially in New Latin, a hypercorrection of Gnaeus based on its abbreviation Cn., same as with Gaius.
Pronunciation
- (original)
- (hypercorrect)
Proper noun
Cnaeus m (genitive Cnaeī); second declension
(Republican Latin, archaizing or hypercorrect)
- Alternative form of Gnaeus.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “Cnaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cnaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.