different between halcyon vs alcyon

English

Alternative forms

• alcyon

Etymology

From Latin halcy?n, alcy?n (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (alku?n).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hælsi??n/

Noun

halcyon (plural halcyons)

1. (poetic) A kingfisher said in classical mythology to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters.
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

     Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be / As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.
2. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Translations

Adjective

halcyon (comparative more halcyon, superlative most halcyon)

1. Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. (figuratively) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

   Synonyms: at peace, blissful, calm, peaceful, prelapsarian, relaxed, serene; see also Thesaurus:quiet

Derived terms

• halcyon days

Translations

See also

• Alcyone

Latin

Alternative forms

• alcy?n

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (alku?n, “kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hal.ky.o?n/, [?hä??kyo?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?al.t??i.on/, [??l??t??i?n]

Noun

halcy?n f (genitive halcyonis); third declension

1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (kingfisher, halcyon): alc?d?

Related terms

• alc?d?
• Alcyon?

English

Noun

alcyon (plural alcyons)

1. Alternative form of halcyon

Anagrams

• calyon, cyanol

French

Noun

alcyon m (plural alcyons)

1. halcyon
2. kingfisher

Latin

Alternative forms

• halcy?n

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (alku?n, “kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?al.ky.o?n/, [?ä??kyo?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?al.t??i.on/, [??l??t??i?n]

Noun

alcy?n f (genitive alcyonis); third declension

1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (kingfisher, halcyon): alc?d?

Related terms

• alc?d?
• Alcyon?

Descendants

• English: halcyon
• French: halcyon
• Romanian: alcion
• Spanish: alción
• Catalan: alció

References

• alcyon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alcyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette