Κυπάρισσος

See also: κυπάρισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from κυπάρισσος (kupárissos, “cypress”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.pá.ris.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈpa.ris.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kyˈpa.ris.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈpa.ris.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈpa.ri.sos/

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Proper noun

Κυπάρισσος • (Kupárissos) f (genitive Κυπαρίσσου); second declension

Cyparissus, Phocis, Greece
(mythology) Cyparissus, turned into cypress

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κυπάρισσος; τῆς Κυπαρίσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κυπάρισσος hē Kupárissos
Genitive	τῆς Κυπαρίσσου tês Kuparíssou
Dative	τῇ Κυπαρίσσῳ têi Kuparíssōi
Accusative	τὴν Κυπάρισσον tḕn Kupárisson
Vocative	Κυπάρισσε Kupárisse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Cyparissus

References

Κυπάρισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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