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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kuprós, whence also Proto-Celtic *kubros (“desired, desiring”). The root is *kwep- (“to boil”).
Adjective
*kupros
- good
- Synonym: *dwenos
Declension
Declension of *kupros (o/ā-stem)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kupros
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*kuprā
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*kuprom
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| vocative
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*kupre
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*kupra
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*kuprom
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| accusative
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*kuprom
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*kupram
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*kuprom
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| genitive
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*kuprosjo, kuprī
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*kuprās
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*kuprosjo, kuprī
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| dative
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*kuprōi
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*kuprāi
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*kuprōi
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| ablative
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*kuprōd
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*kuprād
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*kuprōd
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| locative
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*kuprei
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*kuprāi
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*kuprei
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kuprōs, kuproi
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*kuprās
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*kuprā
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| vocative
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*kuprōs, kuproi
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*kuprās
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*kuprā
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| accusative
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*kuprons
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*kuprans
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*kuprā
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| genitive
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*kuprom
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*kuprāzōm
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*kuprom
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| dative
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*kuprois
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*kuprais
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*kuprois
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| ablative
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*kuprois
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*kuprais
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*kuprois
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| locative
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*kuprois
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*kuprais
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*kuprois
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Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cupiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
