"Ceyx" meaning in All languages combined

See Ceyx on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈsiːɪks/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Κήϋξ}} Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ceyx
  1. (Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone. Tags: Greek

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkeː.yks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.iks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Κήϋξ}} Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))|g=m}} Cēyx m sg (genitive Cēȳcis or Cēȳcos); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))}} Forms: Cēyx [canonical, masculine, singular], Cēȳcis [genitive], Cēȳcos [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cēyx [nominative, singular], Cēȳcis [genitive, singular], Cēȳcos [genitive, singular], Cēȳcī [dative, singular], Cēȳcem [accusative, singular], Cēȳca [accusative, singular], Cēȳce [ablative, singular], Cēyx [singular, vocative]
  1. Ceyx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone Tags: declension-3

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|Κήϋξ||Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher}} Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Ceyx|nogendercat=1}} Ceyx m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae. Tags: masculine
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Ceyx",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Ceyx m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taxonomic names needing vernacular names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "mul:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "orig": "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ceyx-mul-name-eOX4dFwa",
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Alcedinidae",
          "Alcedinidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ceyx",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Greek mythology",
          "orig": "en:Greek mythology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ceyx-en-name-sDK1qsT3",
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "kingfisher",
          "kingfisher"
        ],
        [
          "Alcyone",
          "Alcyone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːɪks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcos",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Cēyx m sg (genitive Cēȳcis or Cēȳcos); third declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ceyx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ceyx-la-name-mzXIeB8D",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ceyx",
          "Ceyx#English"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "Lucifer",
          "Lucifer"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Trachis",
          "Trachis"
        ],
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ],
        [
          "Alcyone",
          "Alcyone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkeː.yks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.iks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ceyx",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "kingfisher",
          "kingfisher"
        ],
        [
          "Alcyone",
          "Alcyone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) A king who was transformed into a kingfisher, together with his wife Alcyone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːɪks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcos",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳcem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēȳce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cēyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Cēyx m sg (genitive Cēȳcis or Cēȳcos); third declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((Cēyx/Cēȳc<3>,Cēyx/Cēȳc<3.Greek>))"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms spelled with Y",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ceyx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ceyx",
          "Ceyx#English"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "Lucifer",
          "Lucifer"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Trachis",
          "Trachis"
        ],
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ],
        [
          "Alcyone",
          "Alcyone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkeː.yks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.iks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Κήϋξ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Ceyx",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Ceyx m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Taxonomic names needing vernacular names",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "mul:Birds",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Alcedinidae",
          "Alcedinidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ceyx"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Ceyx meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.