adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
cycnēus
cycnēus (feminine cycnēa, neuter cycnēum)
Meaning
- adjectiveOf or pertaining to swans.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cycnēus | cycnēa | cycnēum |
| genitive | cycnēī | cycnēae | cycnēī |
| dative | cycnēō | cycnēae | cycnēō |
| accusative | cycnēum | cycnēam | cycnēum |
| ablative | cycnēō | cycnēā | cycnēō |
| vocative | cycnēe | cycnēa | cycnēum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cycnēī | cycnēae | cycnēa |
| genitive | cycnēōrum | cycnēārum | cycnēōrum |
| dative | cycnēīs | cycnēīs | cycnēīs |
| accusative | cycnēōs | cycnēās | cycnēa |
| ablative | cycnēīs | cycnēīs | cycnēīs |
| vocative | cycnēī | cycnēae | cycnēa |
cȳcnēus (cȳgn-), a, um, adj., = κύκνειος.
I. Of or belonging to a swan, swan's-:
tamquam cycnea vox et oratio, i. e. the last speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: plumae, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 1.—II. Cȳcnēa (al. Cygnaea) Specula, a hill near Brixia, now still Cigneo, Cat. 67, 32.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cycnēus (cȳgn-) adj.
, κύκνειος, of a swan: vox et oratio, i. e. the last speech.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύκνειος (kúkneios). By surface analysis, cycnus (“swan”) + -ēus.
In English words that came into English from cycnēus
- cygneouscycnēus