cinyra

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινύρᾱ (kinúrā).

Pronunciation

Noun

cinyra f (genitive cinyrae); first declension

  1. (music) lyre (with ten strings)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cinyra cinyrae
genitive cinyrae cinyrārum
dative cinyrae cinyrīs
accusative cinyram cinyrās
ablative cinyrā cinyrīs
vocative cinyra cinyrae

Descendants

  • Italian: cinira

References

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