# Cynthia
## English
### Alternative forms

* Cinthia, Cinthya, Cintia, Cintya, Cynthea, Cyntheia, Cynthya, Sinthia, Sintia, Synthea, Synthia, Syntia

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: sĭnʹthē-ə, IPA: /ˈsɪnθiə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: Cyn‧thi‧a
* Rhymes: -ɪnθiə

### Proper noun

Cynthia (plural Cynthias)
* Artemis (Greek goddess).
    Synonym: Delia
* (literary) The Moon.
    Synonyms: Luna, Selene
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:As when faire Cynthia, in darkesome night, / Is in a noyous cloud enveloped [...].
** 1601, Ben Jonson, Hymn to Diana:[...] Cynthia's shining orb was made / Heav'n to clear when day did close [...].
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 10, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:“Cynthia seems to me such an out-of-the-way name, only fit for poetry, not for daily use.”
** 1978, Graham Greene, The Human Factor, →ISBN, page 59:Cynthia, the domestic-minded, looked as dashing as a young commando. It was a pity that her spelling was so bad, but perhaps there was something Elizabethan about her spelling as well as about her name.
** 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.

#### Usage notes

* Popular given name in the US in the 1950s and the 1960s.

#### Related terms

* Cynthus
* Cynthian

#### Translations
### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 “Cynthia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia.

### Proper noun

Cynthia
* a female given name from Ancient Greek

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cynthia.

## French
### Alternative forms

* Cynthie (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Cynthia f
* Cynthia

#### Related terms

* Cynthe
* cynthien

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia, from Latin Cynthia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinˈti(j)a/

### Proper noun

Cynthia
* a female given name from English [in turn from Latin]

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía, feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian”, of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)); morphologically Cynthus (“Cynthus”) +‎ -ia.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkyn.tʰi.a/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

#### Proper noun

Cynthia f (genitive Cynthiae); first declension
* Artemis (Greek goddess) identified with Diana (Roman goddess)
    Synonym: Dēlia
* (poetic) the moon
* a female given name from Ancient Greek
* Delos

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Related terms

* Cynthius

##### Descendants

* French: Cynthia
* → English: Cynthia

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation 1

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkyn.tʰi.a/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

##### Adjective

Cynthia
* inflection of Cynthius:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Pronunciation 2

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkyn.tʰi.aː/, [ˈkʏn̪t̪ʰiäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃin.ti.a/, [ˈt͡ʃin̪t̪iä]

##### Adjective

Cynthiā
* ablative feminine singular of Cynthius

### References

* ↑ Sullivan, J. P. ((Can we date this quote?)) Propertius: a Critical Introduction, page 79
* 1 2 Morton Braund, S. (2009) A Lucan Reader: Selections from Civil War, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., page 52
* ↑ Mélanges offerts à Jacques Heurgon : l'Italie préromaine et la Rome républicaine, volume I, 1976, page 19
* 1 2 Cynthia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette..

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Cynthia f
* alternative spelling of Cíntia

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Cynthia.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsintia/ [ˈsin̪.t͡ʃɐ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈsintia/ [ˈsin̪.t̪jɐ]
* Rhymes: -intia
* Syllabification: Cyn‧thi‧a

### Proper noun

Cynthia (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)
* a female given name from English