cynicus
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós). [1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cynicus m (plural cynici)
- (philosophy) Cynic
- cynic, cynical person
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈky.ni.kus/, [ˈkʏnɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ni.kus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːnikus]
Adjective
[edit]cynicus (feminine cynica, neuter cynicum); first/second-declension adjective
- Cynic
- 1742, Ludovicus Holbergius, Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum, pages 261-262:
- Hinc Cynicam vitam hic diu traduxi, donec in lingua tantum proficerem, ut cum incolis loqui, ac ignorantiae eorum succurrere possem.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | cynicus | cynica | cynicum | cynicī | cynicae | cynica | |
genitive | cynicī | cynicae | cynicī | cynicōrum | cynicārum | cynicōrum | |
dative | cynicō | cynicae | cynicō | cynicīs | |||
accusative | cynicum | cynicam | cynicum | cynicōs | cynicās | cynica | |
ablative | cynicō | cynicā | cynicō | cynicīs | |||
vocative | cynice | cynica | cynicum | cynicī | cynicae | cynica |
Further reading
[edit]- “cynicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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