cincinnatus

See also: Cincinnatus

Latin

Etymology

cincinnus (“lock of curly hair”) +‎ -ātus (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kin.kinˈnaː.tus/, [kɪŋ.kɪnˈnaː.tʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃinˈna.tus/, [t͡ʃin.t͡ʃinˈnaː.tus]

Adjective

cincinnātus (feminine cincinnāta, neuter cincinnātum); first/second declension

  1. Having curly hair or ringlets
  2. Of comets

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cincinnātus cincinnāta cincinnātum cincinnātī cincinnātae cincinnāta
Genitive cincinnātī cincinnātae cincinnātī cincinnātōrum cincinnātārum cincinnātōrum
Dative cincinnātō cincinnātae cincinnātō cincinnātīs cincinnātīs cincinnātīs
Accusative cincinnātum cincinnātam cincinnātum cincinnātōs cincinnātās cincinnāta
Ablative cincinnātō cincinnātā cincinnātō cincinnātīs cincinnātīs cincinnātīs
Vocative cincinnāte cincinnāta cincinnātum cincinnātī cincinnātae cincinnāta

References
  • cincinnatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cincinnatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cincinnatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cincinnatus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cincinnatus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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