a. rare. [f. L. cycnēus, cygnēus, = Gr. κύκνειος, f. cycnus, cygnus swan.] Of or pertaining to a swan; swan’s.
1610. J. Melvil, Diary (1842), 720. The moderatoris cygnean songe.
1840. Milman, Hist. Chr., II. II. iv. 62. His last, if we may borrow the expression, his cycnean voice, dwelt on a brief exhortation to mutual charity.
