cyanus
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkyː.a.nus/, [ˈkyːänʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.a.nus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːänus]
Noun
cȳanus m (genitive cȳanī); second declension
- Alternative form of cȳanos (Centaurea cyanus)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “cyanos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cyanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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