cinyra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινύρᾱ (kinúrā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ny.ra/, [ˈkɪnʏrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ni.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːnirä]

Noun

cinyra f (genitive cinyrae); first declension

1. (music) lyre (with ten strings)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cinyra	cinyrae
genitive	cinyrae	cinyrārum
dative	cinyrae	cinyrīs
accusative	cinyram	cinyrās
ablative	cinyrā	cinyrīs
vocative	cinyra	cinyrae

Descendants

• Italian: cinira

References

• “cinyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cinyra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cinyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.