Cnaeus

Latin

Etymology

From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/, or a hypercorrection of Gnaeus based on its abbreviation Cn.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡnae̯.us/, [ˈŋnae̯.ʊs]
  • (hypercorrect) (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈknae̯.us/, [ˈknae̯.ʊs]

Proper noun

Cnaeus

  1. (archaic or hypercorrect) Alternative form of Gnaeus.

References
  • Cnaeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cnaeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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