Of loanword origin, probably from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; compare Hebrew כֹּפֶר / כּוֺפֶר (kōp̱er, “pitch, tar; henna”), Aramaic כּוּפְרָא / ܟܘܦܪܐ (kūp̄rā, “pitch, tar; henna”), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔𐎗 (kpr, “henna”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀞𐀫 (ku-pa-ro, debatable plant), Coptic ⲕⲟⲩⲡⲣ (koupr, “henna”), Demotic qwpr (“henna”), Egyptian qwpr (a given name), Dongolawi kofrē (“henna”), all ultimately from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, “bitumen, pitch”) from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, “to smear, to daub on”). "Gopher" was the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis 6:14).
κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος • (kŭpắrĭssos) f (genitive κῠπᾰρῐ́σσου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος ho kŭpắrĭssos |
τὼ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ kŭpărĭ́ssō |
οἱ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι hoi kŭpắrĭssoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσου toû kŭpărĭ́ssou |
τοῖν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn kŭpărĭ́ssoin |
τῶν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσων tôn kŭpărĭ́ssōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσῳ tôi kŭpărĭ́ssōi |
τοῖν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn kŭpărĭ́ssoin |
τοῖς κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοις toîs kŭpărĭ́ssois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσον tòn kŭpắrĭsson |
τὼ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ kŭpărĭ́ssō |
τοὺς κῠπᾰρῐ́σσους toùs kŭpărĭ́ssous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσε kŭpắrĭsse |
κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω kŭpărĭ́ssō |
κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι kŭpắrĭssoi | ||||||||||
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