Hyginus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑγῖνος (Hugînos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hygīnus m sg (genitive Hygīnī); second declension

  1. A Roman surname

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hygīnus
Genitive Hygīnī
Dative Hygīnō
Accusative Hygīnum
Ablative Hygīnō
Vocative Hygīne

References

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  • 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