Cnaeus

Latin

Etymology

Republican and traditional spelling established before the 2nd c. BCE when the letter C represented the phonetic value of both /k/ and /ɡ/. Especially in New Latin, a hypercorrection of Gnaeus based on its abbreviation Cn., same as with Gaius.

Pronunciation

• (original)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnae̯.u̯us/, [ˈnäe̯u̯ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɲe.us/, [ˈɲɛːus]
• (hypercorrect)
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkne.us/, [ˈknɛːus]

Proper noun

Cnaeus m (genitive Cnaeī); second declension

(Republican Latin, archaizing or hypercorrect)

1. Alternative form of Gnaeus.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Cnaeus	Cnaeī
genitive	Cnaeī	Cnaeōrum
dative	Cnaeō	Cnaeīs
accusative	Cnaeum	Cnaeōs
ablative	Cnaeō	Cnaeīs
vocative	Cnaee	Cnaeī

References

• “Cnaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cnaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.