Κυπάρισσος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Maybe from κυπάρισσος (kupárissos, “cypress”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.pá.ris.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈpa.ri.sos/
Proper noun
Κῠπάρισσος • (Kŭpárissos) f (genitive Κῠπᾰρίσσου); second declension
- Cyparissus, Phocis, Greece
- (mythology) Cyparissus, turned into cypress
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Κῠπᾰ́ρισσος hē Kŭpắrissos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κῠπᾰρίσσου tês Kŭpăríssou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κῠπᾰρίσσῳ têi Kŭpăríssōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κῠπᾰ́ρισσον tḕn Kŭpắrisson | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κῠπᾰ́ρισσε Kŭpắrisse | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Cyparissus
Further reading
- Κυπάρισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette