cincinno

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word cincinno. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word cincinno, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say cincinno in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word cincinno you have here. The definition of the word cincinno will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcincinno, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin.no/
  • Rhymes: -inno
  • Hyphenation: cin‧cìn‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cincinnus, from Ancient Greek κίκιννος (kíkinnos).

Noun

cincinno m (plural cincinni) (literary)

  1. a lock of curly hair
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎, Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book XIV, page 303:
      Le belle chiome al pettine commise, ¶ E di sua mano intorno all’immortale ¶ Augusto capo le compose in vaghi ¶ Ondeggianti cincinni.
      He put the beautiful hair under the comb, and with his own hand made them into wandering wavy curly locks around the immortal august head.
    • 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Libro quarto: La vita nuova [Book Fourth: The New Life]”, in Il trionfo della morte [Triumph of Death]‎, published 2017, Chapter VII:
      con una gran capellatura leonina, raccoglieva la polvere tra i suoi cincinni
      with a large leonine head of hair, collected dust between his curly locks
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cincinno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cincinnare

Latin

Noun

cincinnō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cincinnus
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia