Cynus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῦνος (Kûnos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cȳnus m sg (genitive Cȳnī); second declension

  1. A port-town of Locris situated opposite to Aedepsus on the island of Euboea

Declension

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Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

References

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  • Cynus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cynus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Cynus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly