cygnus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A swan; a bird noted for its singing and sacred to Apollo.
- (figuratively) A poet, especially one who sings.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κύκνος (swan).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κύκνος
Gloss
swan
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cygnus English
- Cygnus X-1 English
- Dendron English
- dendrolatry English
- cicinus Latin
- olor Latin
- dendrokronológia Hungarian
- cigno Italian
- dendro- Italian
- cygne French
- дендрохронология Russian
- cisne Spanish, Castilian
- δένδρινος Ancient Greek
- δένδρον Ancient Greek
- δενδρολίβανον Ancient Greek
- δενδρομαλάχη Ancient Greek
- κύκνος Ancient Greek
- σταφυλόδενδρον Ancient Greek
- ῥοδόδενδρον Ancient Greek
- *der-drew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱewk- Proto-Indo-European
- cisne Portuguese
- dendrokronologi Swedish
- ققنوس Arabic
- cigne Old French
- cisne Old French
- cigna Esperanto
- cignido Esperanto
- cignino Esperanto
- cigno Esperanto
- cigne Catalan, Valencian
- cisne Galician
- ققنوس Persian
- κύκνος Greek (modern)
- կիկնոս Old Armenian
- cŷngne Norman
- dendrochronológia Slovak
- dendrokronologija Slovene
- cign Romansh
- cisne Asturian
- cignu Sicilian
- cignet xno
- ܩܘܩܢܘܣ Classical Syriac