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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κύπρος (kúpros, henna), from Akkadian 𒇒𒌓𒀀 (kupru, bitumen, pitch) from Akkadian 𒅗𒉺𒊒 (kapāru, to smear, to daub on).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cyprus f (genitive cyprī); second declension

  1. henna
    • 1833, Georg Freytag, “cyprus”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1], volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 182b:
      رَقَنَ n. a. رَقْنٌ i. q. رَقَمَ aut pro eo  1) Notavit, scripsit, pinxit, cypro tinxit. […] II [رَقَّنَ] Tinxit cypro barbam suam senex c. a. […] IV [أَرْقَنَ] Tinxit barbam suam cypro c. a. […] رِقَانٌ, رَقُونٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus. […] إِرْقَانٌ Cyprus (Lawsonia inermis Lin.); et Crocus.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cyprus cyprī
genitive cyprī cyprōrum
dative cyprō cyprīs
accusative cyprum cyprōs
ablative cyprō cyprīs
vocative cypre cyprī

Descendants

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  • Middle English: cipre