alcyon
English
Noun
alcyon (plural alcyons)
- Archaic form of halcyon.
References
- “alcyon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
alcyon m (plural alcyons)
Further reading
- “alcyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.ky.oːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.on]
Noun
alcyōn f (genitive alcyonis); third declension
- The halcyon; kingfisher.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alcyōn | alcyonēs |
| genitive | alcyonis | alcyonum |
| dative | alcyonī | alcyonibus |
| accusative | alcyonem | alcyonēs |
| ablative | alcyone | alcyonibus |
| vocative | alcyōn | alcyonēs |
Synonyms
- (kingfisher, halcyon): alcēdō
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “alcyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alcyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.