Hyginus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑγῖνος (Hugînos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hyˈɡiː.nus/, [hʏˈɡiːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈd͡ʒi.nus/, [iˈd͡ʒiːnus]

Proper noun

Hygīnus m sg (genitive Hygīnī); second declension

  1. A Roman surname

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hygīnus
Genitive Hygīnī
Dative Hygīnō
Accusative Hygīnum
Ablative Hygīnō
Vocative Hygīne

References
  • “Hyginus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hyginus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Hyginus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Hyginus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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