hyacinthus
Appearance
See also: Hyacinthus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos), but ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.aˈkin.tʰus/, [hyäˈkɪn̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.aˈt͡ʃin.tus/, [iäˈt͡ʃin̪t̪us]
Noun
[edit]hyacinthus m (genitive hyacinthī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hyacinthus | hyacinthī |
genitive | hyacinthī | hyacinthōrum |
dative | hyacinthō | hyacinthīs |
accusative | hyacinthum | hyacinthōs |
ablative | hyacinthō | hyacinthīs |
vocative | hyacinthe | hyacinthī |
Descendants
[edit]Descendants
References
[edit]- “hyacinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hyacinthus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hyacinthus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray