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Webster 1913 Edition
Cynanche
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Cy-nan′che
(s?-n?n′k?)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a dog’s collar, a bad kind of sore throat. Cf.
Quinsy
.] (Med.)
Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cynanche
CYNANCHE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cynanche
cynanche
English
Noun
cynanche (plural cynanches)
- (medicine) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty in breathing and swallowing.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kunánkhē)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kyˈnan.kʰeː/, [kʏˈnaŋ.kʰeː]
Noun
cynanchē f (genitive cynanchēs); first declension
- (Late Latin, medicine) an inflammation of the throat, which caused the tongue to be thrust out
Declension
First declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cynanchē | cynanchae |
| genitive | cynanchēs | cynanchārum |
| dative | cynanchae | cynanchīs |
| accusative | cynanchēn | cynanchās |
| ablative | cynanchē | cynanchīs |
| vocative | cynanchē | cynanchae |
Descendants
- English: cynanche
References
- cy̆nanchē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cy̆nanchē”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 462/1.