cypri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cyprus, cypra, cyprum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Archaic
good; (Sabine for bonus);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →cyprus, cypri:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
henna-tree, Egyptian privet Lawsonia inermis; tree which yielded cyprium (L+S);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →cypros, cypri:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
henna-tree, Egyptian privet Lawsonia inermis; tree which yielded cyprium (L+S);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →cyprum, cypri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Cyprian copper;; henna oil;
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →Cyprus, Cypri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprus; (island);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →Cypros, Cypri:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprus; (island);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...coepisse deorum.haec ubi deseruit Pompeius litora, totos 460emensus Cypri scopulos quibus exit in Austruminde maris uasti transuerso uertitur..."Chabrias
Cornelius Nepos
"...Nectenebin adiutum profectus regnum ei constituit. Fecit idem Cypri, sed publice ab Atheniensibus Euagorae adiutor datus, neque prius..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...praemium belli ad patrem transtulit et imperium illi Cypri tradidit; hoc est regnum nolle regnare, cum possis. Vicit..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...paucos dies in Asia moratus, cum audisset Pompeium Cypri visum, coniectans eum in Aegyptum iter habere propter necessitudines..."
