Hyginus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑγῖνος (Hugînos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hyˈɡiː.nus/, [hʏˈɡiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈd͡ʒi.nus/, [iˈd͡ʒiːnus]
Proper noun
[edit]Hygīnus m sg (genitive Hygīnī); second declension
- A Roman surname
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hygīnus |
Genitive | Hygīnī |
Dative | Hygīnō |
Accusative | Hygīnum |
Ablative | Hygīnō |
Vocative | Hygīne |
References
[edit]- “Hyginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hyginus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hyginus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Hyginus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray