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
- M
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..." - C
Chabrias
Cornelius Nepos
"...Nectenebin adiutum profectus regnum ei constituit. Fecit idem Cypri, sed publice ab Atheniensibus Euagorae adiutor datus, neque prius..." - L
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..." - G
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..."
