cyanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cȳanus	cȳanī
Genitive	cȳanī	cȳanōrum
Dative	cȳanō	cȳanīs
Accusative	cȳanum	cȳanōs
Ablative	cȳanō	cȳanīs
Vocative	cȳane	cȳanī

Derived terms

Centaurea cyanus

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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