ciconia

See also: Ciconia

Latin

cicōnia (a stork)

Alternative forms

• conea (Praenestine)

Etymology

Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *kikōniā, from Proto-Indo-European *kekoh₂n- (“stork”), a reduplicated derivative of Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”), whence also Latin canō (“to sing”).

Cognate to Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”), Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”) (whence English hen), Proto-Slavic *kaňa (“accipitrid”) (whence Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”), Bulgarian ка́ня (kánja, “kite”), Bulgarian каню́ша (kanjúša, “stork”) (dialectal)).

De Vaan doubts the relation to canō, arguing that it is unlikely for the noise of a stork to be labeled as "singing" unless it is intended to be ironic. He suggests the initial reduplication is likely onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈkoː.ni.a/, [kɪˈkoːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈko.ni.a/, [t͡ʃiˈkɔːniä]

Noun

cicōnia f (genitive cicōniae); first declension

1. stork
2. a derisive gesture made with the fingers
3. a T-shaped instrument used to measure depth of furrows
4. a transverse pole, mounted on a post, for drawing water

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cicōnia	cicōniae
genitive	cicōniae	cicōniārum
dative	cicōniae	cicōniīs
accusative	cicōniam	cicōniās
ablative	cicōniā	cicōniīs
vocative	cicōnia	cicōniae

Derived terms

• cicōnīnus

Descendants

• Asturian: cigüeña
• Catalan: cigonya
• Old French: ceoigne, çoigne
  • French: ceogne, çogne (dialectal, Brie)
• Galician: cegoña
• Italian: cicogna
• Mirandese: ciguonha
• Occitan: cigonha
  • → French: cigogne
• Portuguese: cegonha
• Romansch: cicogna
• Sardinian:
  • Campidanese: cicònnia, cicogna, tzicònnia
  • Gallurese: cicona, cicogna
  • Logudorese: cicònia, cicogna, tzicònnia
  • Nuorese: tzicogna, ciconna, tziconna
  • Sassarese: cicogna
• Spanish: cigüeña
• Translingual: Ciconia

References

• “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ciconia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ciconia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ciconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ciconia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN