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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[swan]] (Il.), also name of a ship, after the front-part (Nicostr. Com.), and an eye- salve, after the colour (Gal.; with [[κυκνάριον]] <b class="b2">id.</b>, Ät., Gal.); also PN (Pi.).<br />Derivatives: [[κύκνειος]] <b class="b2">belonging to Kyknos or the/a swan</b> (Pi., S., hell.), f. <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b> (S., Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 112); [[κυκνίας]] m. mame of a white eagle (Paus.; cf. [[κορακίας]] a.o., Chantraine Formation 94)<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [597] <b class="b2">*ḱeuk-</b> [[lighten]], [[be white]]<br />Etymology: Amply on [[κύκνος]] Thompson Birds s. v.; there also doubts on [[κυκνίας]]. Since Wood AmJPh 21, 179 as "the white one" (cf. on [[ἀλφός]]) connected with Skt. [[śócati]] [[lighten]], [[glow]], <b class="b2">šuk-rá-</b> [[light]], [[hell]], [[white]]. (W.-)Hofmann s. [[cicōnia]] is rather (with Berneker and H. Petersson) inclined to assume an onomatopoet. origin (cf. Russ. [[kykъ]] [[cry of a swan]]). In <b class="b3">κύδνος κύκνος</b> H., after Specht Ursprung 121, 204, 229 old variation k : [[d]], we have rather a hypercorrect writing after Lat. [[cycnus]], [[cygnus]] (<b class="b2">C-</b>) = [[κύκνος]], but also for [[Κύδνος]] (Schulze Kl. Schr. 700; cf. Schwyzer 208).