cinnus

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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

  1. drink of mixed spelt grain and wine
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cinnus cinnī
Genitive cinnī cinnōrum
Dative cinnō cinnīs
Accusative cinnum cinnōs
Ablative cinnō cinnīs
Vocative cinne cinnī

Etymology 2

Unknown. Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]

Noun

cinnus m (genitive cinnī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. a kind of facial distortion or grimace; wink; signal made with the eye
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cinnus cinnī
Genitive cinnī cinnōrum
Dative cinnō cinnīs
Accusative cinnum cinnōs
Ablative cinnō cinnīs
Vocative cinne cinnī
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cenno
  • North Italian: (all influenced by signum)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: cin
  • 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.
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭnnare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 689