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 • (kupárissos) f (genitive κῠπᾰρῐ́σσου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος ho kupárissos |
τὼ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ kuparíssō |
οἱ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι hoi kupárissoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσου toû kuparíssou |
τοῖν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn kuparíssoin |
τῶν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσων tôn kuparíssōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσῳ tôi kuparíssōi |
τοῖν κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn kuparíssoin |
τοῖς κῠπᾰρῐ́σσοις toîs kuparíssois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσον tòn kupárisson |
τὼ κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ kuparíssō |
τοὺς κῠπᾰρῐ́σσους toùs kuparíssous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσε kupárisse |
κῠπᾰρῐ́σσω kuparíssō |
κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι kupárissoi | ||||||||||
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