cupressus

See also: Cupressus

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈpres.sus/, [kʊˈprɛs.sʊs]

Noun

cupressus f (genitive cupressī); second declension

  1. cypress (tree)
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.6.9-12:
      Ille mordaci uelut icta ferro / pinus aut inpulsa cupressus Euro / procidit late posuitque collum in / pulvere Teucro
      Like a pine-tree slashed by the bite of the axe, / or a cypress struck by an Easterly wind, / he fell, outstretched, to the earth, bowed down his neck / in the Trojan dust.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cupressus cupressī
Genitive cupressī cupressōrum
Dative cupressō cupressīs
Accusative cupressum cupressōs
Ablative cupressō cupressīs
Vocative cupresse cupressī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • cupressus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cupressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cupressus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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