hyaena

See also: Hyaena and hyæna

English

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Noun

hyaena (plural hyaenas or hyaenae)

1. Alternative spelling of hyena

Latin

Alternative forms

• hiēna, hyēna (Medieval Latin)
• yaena

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *sew-?

Proto-Indo-European *sewH-?

Proto-Indo-European *suH-

Proto-Hellenic *hūs

Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs)

Ancient Greek -αινα (-aina)

Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina)bor.

Latin hyaena

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyˈae̯.na/, [hyˈäe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈe.na/, [iˈɛːnä]

Noun

hyaena f (genitive hyaenae); first declension

1. hyena

   Synonym: (Late Latin) belbus

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hyaena	hyaenae
genitive	hyaenae	hyaenārum
dative	hyaenae	hyaenīs
accusative	hyaenam	hyaenās
ablative	hyaenā	hyaenīs
vocative	hyaena	hyaenae

References

• “hyaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hyaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hyaena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.