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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζώπυρος (Zṓpuros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zōpyrus m sg (genitive Zōpyrī); second declension
- A surgeon and physician of Alexandria
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Zopyrus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Zopyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.