Cynthie
French
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editInherited from Middle French Cynthie, from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía).
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editCynthie
Middle French
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editFrom Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía).
Proper noun
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- (Greek mythology) Cynthia, Artemis
- 1581, Les images des dieux des anciens, contenans les idoles, coustumes, ceremonies & autres choses appartenans à la religion des payens[1], pages 576–577:
- Les anciens en faignoient donc pluſieurs, qu’ils faiſoient tous petits enfans tres beaux, auec des ailes, & leur bailloient en main, aux vns quelques petits flambeaux ardans, aux autres des fleſches poignantes, & aux autres des fermes liens, comme Properce monſtre tres bien, eſcriuant à ſa Cynthie, en ceſte maniere: / Hier apres ſoupper, ma lumiere Cynthie, / N’ayant de ſeruiteurs aucune compagnie, / Me promenant de nuict, d’avanture ie voy / Une trouppe d’enfans ſe preſenter à moy, / Que ie ne peu compter, à cauſe de la crainte : / [...]
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Descendants
edit- French: Cynthie
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