cincinno

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃin.no/, [t͡ʃin̺ʲˈt͡ʃin̺n̺o]
  • Rhymes: -inno
  • Stress: cincìnno
  • Hyphenation: cin‧cin‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin cincinnus, from Ancient Greek κίκιννος (kíkinnos).

Noun

cincinno m (plural cincinni) (literary)

  1. A lock of curly hair.
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎, Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book XIV, page 303:
      Le belle chiome al pettine commise, ¶ E di sua mano intorno all’immortale ¶ Augusto capo le compose in vaghi ¶ Ondeggianti cincinni.
      He put the beautiful hair under the comb, and with his own hand made them into wandering wavy curly locks around the immortal august head.
    • 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Libro quarto: La vita nuova [Book Fourth: The New Life]”, in Il trionfo della morte [Triumph of Death]‎, published 2017, Chapter VII:
      con una gran capellatura leonina, raccoglieva la polvere tra i suoi cincinni
      with a large leonine head of hair, collected dust between his curly locks
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

cincinno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cincinnare

Latin

Noun

cincinnō

  1. dative singular of cincinnus
  2. ablative singular of cincinnus
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