Hyginus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑγῖνος (Hugînos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hyˈɡiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈd͡ʒiː.nus] === Proper noun === Hygīnus m sg (genitive Hygīnī); second declension A Roman surname ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray