Latin

cunae for H.M. the queen

Noun

cūnae f ‎(genitive cūnārum); first declension (usually plural)

1. cradle; nest for young birds
2. infancy

Usage notes

Although the singular forms do exist in Classical Latin, they were rarely used. The plural was normally used for a singular object.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• a lacte cūnīsque
• cūnābula
• incūnābula

Descendants

References

• cunae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cunae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cunae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cunae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cunae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill