Cunina

Latin

Etymology

From cūnae (“cradle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuːˈniː.na/, [kuːˈniːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈni.na/, [kuˈniːnä]

Proper noun

Cūnīna f sg (genitive Cūnīnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects children in the cradle

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cūnīna
genitive	Cūnīnae
dative	Cūnīnae
accusative	Cūnīnam
ablative	Cūnīnā
vocative	Cūnīna

References

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