[ˈkuː.nae̯], [ˈkuː.ne]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoy-no- (“lair, cradle”), from *ḱey- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κοίτη (koítē).
- declension-1, plural, usuallycradle
“8, Ovid, Fasti, book 6, line 167” — After that, it is said, the birds did not violate the cradle, and to the boy returned his former color.:
- declension-1, metonymically, plural, usuallynest of young birds
“after 8, Ovid, Tristia, book 3, elegy 12, line 10” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- declension-1, metonymically, plural, usuallybirth or early childhood, infancy; compare cūnābulum
“8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 3, line 313” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
“8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 9, line 67” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Formaecūnae(canonical, feminine, plural) · cūnārum(genitive) · cūnae(nominative, plural) · cūnārum(genitive, plural) · cūnīs(dative, plural) · cūnās(accusative, plural) · cūnīs(ablative, plural) · cūnae(plural, vocative)