alcyon

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English

Noun

alcyon (plural alcyons)

  1. Archaic form of halcyon.

References

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

alcyon m (plural alcyons)

  1. halcyon
  2. kingfisher

Further reading

Latin

alcyon (kingfisher)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alcyōn f (genitive alcyonis); third declension

  1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative alcyōn alcyonēs
genitive alcyonis alcyonum
dative alcyonī alcyonibus
accusative alcyonem alcyonēs
ablative alcyone alcyonibus
vocative alcyōn alcyonēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: alció
  • → English: halcyon
  • French: halcyon
  • Italian: alcione
  • Romanian: alcion
  • Spanish: alción

References

  • “alcyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alcyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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