different between sion vs cion

English

Noun

sion (plural sions)

1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams

• -osin, Ions, Ison, NOIs, Sino-, Soni, ions, ison, onis, sino-

Latin

Alternative forms

• sium

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ???? (síon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?si.on/, [?s?i?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?si.on/, [?si??n]

Noun

sion n (genitive si?); second declension

1. water parsley (Sium latifolium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

References

• sion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sion in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• 1 s??n ou s?um in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,447/3”
• sion in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sion in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• sion in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “sion”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 974/1

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

cion (plural cions)

1. (chiefly in botanical senses) Alternative spelling of scion
   • 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum?:?or, A Natural History?;?in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶?421; reprinted in:
   • 1838, The works of Lord Bacon?:?with an introductory essay, and a portrait?;?in two volumes, volume 1, page 133 (London?:?William Ball, Paternoster Row?;?stereotyped and printed by John Childs and son)

     421.?Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily?;?namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early?;?as a peach upon a cherry?;?and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late?;?as a cherry upon a peach.?But these are but imaginations, and untrue.?The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite?:?and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.

Anagrams

• COIN, Coin, ICON, Nico, coin, coni, icon

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /c?n?/
• IPA^(key): /c?n?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cin (“love, affection; esteem, respect”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ceana)

1. love, affection, fondness (+ ar (“for”))

2. regard, esteem
3. effect, influence

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar², ceanúil (“loving, affectionate”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cin (“share, due portion”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion)

1. share, amount

Declension

Derived terms

• cionmhar¹

Etymology 3

From Old Irish cin (“guilt, fault, crime, offence”).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)

1. offence, transgression; blame

Declension

Derived terms

• ainchion m (“grievous offence”)
• ciontóir m (“offender”)

Mutation

References

• "cion" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old French

Alternative forms

• ciun, sion

Etymology

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.

Noun

cion m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)

1. child, usually a newborn

Descendants

• Middle French: sion
  • French: scion
• Picard: chion
• ? Middle English: sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun
  • English: scion

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From the root of gan (“without”)

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

Synonyms

• gainne
• gainnead

Derived terms

• cion-cosnaidh
• cion-meirbhidh