Cunina

Latin

Etymology

From cūnae (“cradle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kuːˈniː.na/, [kuːˈniːnä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈni.na/, [kuˈniːnä]

Proper noun

Cūnīna f sg (genitive Cūnīnae); first declension

(Roman mythology) The goddess who protects children in the cradle

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cūnīna
Genitive	Cūnīnae
Dative	Cūnīnae
Accusative	Cūnīnam
Ablative	Cūnīnā
Vocative	Cūnīna

References

“Cunina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cunina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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