cynanche

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cy̆nanchē, from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kŭnắnkhē, “a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat”). Doublet of quinsy. === Noun === cynanche (plural cynanches) (obsolete, medicine) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing. === References === “cynanche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kŭnắnkhē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyˈnaŋ.kʰeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈnaŋ.ke] === Noun === cy̆nanchē f (genitive cy̆nanchēs); first declension (Late Latin, medicine) an inflammation of the throat, which caused the tongue to be thrust out ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). ==== Descendants ==== English: cynanche === References === “cy̆nanchē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cy̆nanchē”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 462/1.