proper noun · masculinefirst declension
Cinna
Cinna m sg (genitive Cinnae)
Classical[ˈkɪn.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃin.na]
Meaning
- masculinesingularA Roman cognomen.
Cinnam, Cinname, te iubes vocari.
Cinnamus, you ask to be called Cinna.86 - 103 C.E. — Martial, Epigrammata, 6:17
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cinna | — |
| genitive | Cinnae | — |
| dative | Cinnae | — |
| accusative | Cinnam | — |
| ablative | Cinnā | — |
| vocative | Cinna | — |
Cinna, ae, m.,
I. a family name of the gentes Cornelia and Helvia.
I. L. Cornelius Cinna, consul A.U.C. 667-670; a confederate of C. Marius in the Roman civil war with Sylla, Vell. 2, 20 sq.; Flor. 3, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54 and 55.—Hence, appel., a Cinna, a cruel warrior:
tyrannum et Cinnam appellans, Sall. H. 1, 42 Dietsch.— Hence, Cinnānus, a, um, adj., of Cinna: partes, his party, adherents, Vell. 2, 24; Nep. Att. 2, 2: rabies, Flor. 4, 2, 2: tumultus, Nep. Att. 2, 2.—II. Son of the preceding of the same name, a follower of Lepidus, and afterwards one of the assassins of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 5; 85; Val. Max. 9, 9, 1; cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26.—
III. Cn. Cinna Magnus, son of the preceding, pardoned by Augustus, Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 1.—
IV. C. Helvius Cinna, a Roman poet, friend of Catullus, the author of a poem, now lost, called Smyrna, Ov. Tr. 2, 435; Cat. 10, 30; 10, 95; 10, 96; Verg. E. 9, 35; Mart. 10, 21, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 5; Quint. 10, 4, 4 al.
Origins
Likely from Etruscan.