noun · femininefirst declension
luscinia
luscinia f (genitive lusciniae)
Classical[ɫʊsˈkɪ.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[luʃˈʃiː.ni.a]
Meaning
- femininenightingale
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | luscinia | lusciniae lusciniī |
| genitive | lusciniae luscinī, lusciniī | lusciniārum lusciniōrum |
| dative | lusciniae lusciniō | lusciniīs |
| accusative | lusciniam luscinium | lusciniās lusciniōs |
| ablative | lusciniā lusciniō | lusciniīs |
| vocative | luscinia luscinie | lusciniae lusciniī |
luscĭnĭa, ae, f. (luscĭnĭus, ĭi, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † luscĭnus, i, m., = ἀηδών, Gloss. Lat. Gr.) [for clus-cinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr. κλύω; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano;
I.
hence, the melodious or glorious songstress], the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81 sq.: luscinias soliti impenso prandere coëmptas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: vox luscinii, Sen. Ep. 76, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
luscinia ae, f
a nightingale, H.
Origins
Uncertain, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light; see”) + *keh₂n- (“to sing”). May derive from an unattested verb *luscīre (“to be night-blind”) + canō (“sing”), so "singing in the night" or "blind singer"; compare luscus (“one-eyed, half-blind”). Alternatively, may derive from the meaning "to see"; compare Breton lagad (“eye”), Welsh llygad (“eye”), Cornish lagas (“eye”) < *luk-ati-.
Descendants
- Italianusignolo
- Catalanrossinyolfrom Old Occitan rossinhol
- Frenchrossignolfrom Old Occitan rossinhol
- Occitanrossinhòlfrom Old Occitan rossinhol
- Portugueserouxinolfrom Old Occitan rossinhol
- Spanishruiseñorfrom Old Occitan rossinhol
- Romanshluschaina
- Old Frenchlosseignol
- Old Frenchlourseignos
- Galicianreiseñorfrom Old Occitan rossinhol