Cynthiaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía, “Artemis”), born on Mount Κύνθος.

発音

• enPR: sĭnʹthē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnθiə/^[1]
• ハイフネーション: Cyn‧thi‧a^[1]
• 韻: -ɪnθiə

固有名詞

Cynthia (複数形 Cynthias)

1. Artemis (Greek goddess).^[1]
2. (literary) The Moon.^[1]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book 3, Canto 1:

     As when faire Cynthia, in darkesome night, / Is in a noyous cloud enveloped [...].

   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana:

     [...] Cynthia's shining orb was made / Heav'n to clear when day did close [...].

3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.^[1]
   • 1866, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter 10:

     “Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use.”

   • 1978, Graham Greene, The Human Factor, →ISBN, p. 59:

     Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.

使用する際の注意点

• Popular given name in the US in the 1950s and the 1960s.

同意語

• (Artemis): Delia
• (the Moon): Luna, Selene

関連する語

• Cynthian

参照

Latin

語源

Morphologically Cynthus (“Cynthus”) +‎ -ia.

固有名詞

Cynthia f (genitive Cynthiae); first declension

1. Artemis (Greek goddess) identified with Diana (Roman goddess).^[1]
2. (poetic)^[2] the moon.^[3]
3. a female given name.^[4]
4. Delos.^[4]

語形変化

First-declension noun.

同意語

• (Artemis): Dēlia

関連する語

• Cynthius

形容詞

Cynthia

1. nominative feminine singular of Cynthius.
2. nominative neuter plural of Cynthius.
3. accusative neuter plural of Cynthius.
4. vocative feminine singular of Cynthius.
5. vocative neuter plural of Cynthius.

形容詞

Cynthiā

1. ablative feminine singular of Cynthius.

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