cupreus

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Latin

Alternative forms

cypreus

Etymology

From cuprum (“copper”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pre.us/, or IPA^(key): /ˈkup.re.us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pre.us/, or IPA^(key): /ˈkup.re.us/,

Adjective

cupreus (feminine cuprea, neuter cupreum); first/second-declension adjective

(relational) copper; copper-coloured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	cupreus	cuprea	cupreum		cupreī	cupreae	cuprea
genitive	cupreī	cupreae	cupreī		cupreōrum	cupreārum	cupreōrum
dative	cupreō	cupreae	cupreō		cupreīs
accusative	cupreum	cupream	cupreum		cupreōs	cupreās	cuprea
ablative	cupreō	cupreā	cupreō		cupreīs
vocative	cupree	cuprea	cupreum		cupreī	cupreae	cuprea

References

“cupreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cupreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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