Noun: cinifes
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Sample Sentences
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c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Commentaria in Joelem 2.25
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399 CE – 419 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De Trinitate 3.7
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c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 12.8.14
Nouns inflected like cinifes
nebrundines,
caelites,
Brannovices,
cinifes,
cinyfes,
cyniphes,
scinyphes,
sciniphes,
brigantes,
lemures,
cynifes,
scynifes,
ciniphes,
dagnades,
cinyphes,
Bigeriones,
scyniphes,
scinifes,
veteres,
fraces, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κνῖπες (knîpes, plural of κνῑ́ψ (knī́ps, “gnawing insect”)).
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