LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

cunnus

cunnus m (genitive cunnī)
Classical[ˈkʊn.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkun.nus]

Meaning

  1. masculineoftenvulgarvulva; vagina (the female genitalia including their external as well as internal parts)
  2. derogatorymasculinevulgara woman seen as merely providing access to sex (also used of homosexual men)
    nam fuit ante Helenam cunnus taeterrima bellī causa, sed ignōtīs periērunt mortibus illī, quōs venerem incertam rapientīs mōre ferārum vīribus ēditior caedēbat ut in grege taurus.So, the most awful cause of war—since even before Helen— Was pussy; but then other men to unsung deaths have fallen, Who by some stronger rival, like a raging bull, were struck Down in the act of squeezing in a chancy beast-style fuck.40/41 CE, Horatius, Sermones, I, 3, 107:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecunnuscunnī
genitivecunnīcunnōrum
dativecunnōcunnīs
accusativecunnumcunnōs
ablativecunnōcunnīs
vocativecunnecunnī

cunnus, i, m. cf. Sanscr. çushi, ditch; Gr. κυσός,
I. the female pudenda.
I. Prop., Mart. 1, 90, 7; 3, 72, 6; 3, 81, 4; Auct. Priap. 28, 5.—Also of animals: mulae, Cat. 96, 6. —
II. Transf., of the person, an unchaste female, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36; 1, 3, 107; Auct. Priap. 69, 1 al.—As an obscene word, avoided acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154; id. Fam. 9, 22, 3.

Origins

Uncertain. Various theories include: * Proto-Indo-European *kutnos (“cover”), cognate with cutis (“skin”). The metaphor is identical to the one connecting Latin vulva and English hull, albeit from a different Indo-European root. * A relationship to Latin cuneus (“wedge”). * From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), evolved from an original sense of “gash”, “slit”.

Descendants
  • Catalancony
  • Frenchcon
  • Italianconno
  • Italiancunno
  • Occitancon
  • Portugueseconafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cono
  • Portugueseconofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cono
  • Spanishcoño
  • Englishconyofrom Spanish coño
  • Portuguesecoñofrom Spanish coño

Quick answers

What does cunnus mean in Latin?
cunnus, a noun, means “vulva; vagina (the female genitalia including their external as well as internal parts); a woman seen as merely providing access to sex (also used of homosexual men)”.
What is the genitive of cunnus?
The genitive singular is cunnī. cunnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce cunnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʊn.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkun.nus].