Cynosura

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυνοσούρα (Kunosoúra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cynosūra f sg (genitive Cynosūrae); first declension

  1. Ursa Minor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cynosūra
genitive Cynosūrae
dative Cynosūrae
accusative Cynosūram
ablative Cynosūrā
vocative Cynosūra

References

  • Cynosura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cynosura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.