cyprias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Cyprius, Cypria, Cyprium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprian, of/belonging to Cyprus; (island); (plants/metals); of Cyprian copper;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...formam lacrimis aptate meis resonetque malis aspera Trachin. Cypria lacrimas Myrrha tuetur, raptum coniunx Ceyca gemit, sibi Tantalis..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dabatur. est ager, indigenae Tamasenum nomine dicunt, telluris Cypriae pars optima, quem mihi prisci sacravere senes templisque accedere..."