cinis

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”). Akin to Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”), Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cinis m or f (genitive cineris); third declension

  1. cold ashes
  2. (figuratively) ruins of a burned city

Usage notes

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The word cinis is used for cold, heavy ashes, while favīlla is used for glowing, light ashes (cinders).

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cinis cinerēs
Genitive cineris cinerum
Dative cinerī cineribus
Accusative cinerem cinerēs
Ablative cinere cineribus
Vocative cinis cinerēs
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Descendants

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From cinerem

From Vulgar Latin: *cinīsia, *cinusia

See also

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References

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

Volapük

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Noun

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cinis

  1. accusative plural of cin
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