cinaedias

Latin

Alternative forms

• cinaedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐναιδῐ́ᾱς (kĭnaidĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈnae̯.di.as/, [kɪˈnäe̯d̪iäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.di.as/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːd̪iäs]

Noun

cinaediās m (genitive cinaediae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone, said to be found in the brain of the fish cinaedus

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

	singular	plural
nominative	cinaediās	cinaediae
genitive	cinaediae	cinaediārum
dative	cinaediae	cinaediīs
accusative	cinaediān	cinaediās
ablative	cinaediā	cinaediīs
vocative	cinaediā	cinaediae

References

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