Other names for this fish, like Sanskrit शफर (śaphara), Lithuanian šāpalas and Late Latin carpa, are not related. The suffix -ῖν- is well-known in Pre-Greek.
κῠπρῖνος • (kuprînos) m (genitive κῠπρῑ́νου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κῠπρῖνος ho kuprînos |
τὼ κῠπρῑ́νω tṑ kuprī́nō |
οἱ κῠπρῖνοι hoi kuprînoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠπρῑ́νου toû kuprī́nou |
τοῖν κῠπρῑ́νοιν toîn kuprī́noin |
τῶν κῠπρῑ́νων tôn kuprī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠπρῑ́νῳ tôi kuprī́nōi |
τοῖν κῠπρῑ́νοιν toîn kuprī́noin |
τοῖς κῠπρῑ́νοις toîs kuprī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠπρῖνον tòn kuprînon |
τὼ κῠπρῑ́νω tṑ kuprī́nō |
τοὺς κῠπρῑ́νους toùs kuprī́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠπρῖνε kuprîne |
κῠπρῑ́νω kuprī́nō |
κῠπρῖνοι kuprînoi | ||||||||||
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