Cincinnatus

Borrowed from Latin Cincinnatus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪnsɪˈneɪtəs/, /ˌsɪnsɪˈnɑːtəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Cincinnatus (plural Cincinnatuses)

1. (US) A male given name from Latin

• Found in the naming habits of some slaveholders, who preferred to name houseslaves with names from Classical sources. Since used by some African Americans who draw names from Classical sources.

From cincinnātus (“having curly hair”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kin.kinˈnaː.tus/, [kɪŋkɪnˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃin.t͡ʃinˈna.tus/, [t͡ʃin̠ʲt͡ʃinˈnäːt̪us]

Cincinnātus m sg (genitive Cincinnātī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman military leader

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• → English: Cincinnatus

• Cincinnatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.