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Latin
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Ancient Greek κυκεών (kukeṓn), κόγχος (kónkhos); see congius, concha, and cochlea.
Pronunciation
Noun
cinnus m (genitive cinnī); second declension
- drink of mixed spelt grain and wine
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Unknown. Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]
Noun
cinnus m (genitive cinnī); second declension (Late Latin)
- a kind of facial distortion or grimace; wink; signal made with the eye
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian: (all influenced by signum)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “cinnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cinnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cinnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.