cyprum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cyprus, cypra, cyprum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Archaic
good; (Sabine for bonus);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - 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);
acc. sg.gen. 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →cyprum, cypri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Cyprian copper;; henna oil;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →Cyprus, Cypri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprus; (island);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →Cypros, Cypri:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Near East
Cyprus; (island);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...civitatem, cogito, potissimum: Megares, Eretriam, Corinthum, Chalcidem, Cretam, Cyprum, Sicyonem, Cnidum, Zacynthum, Lesbiam, Boeotiam. EVT. Cur istuc coeptas..." - P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...huic obsequare. praeterea autem te a;unt proficisci Cyprum, SA. Hem! SY. coemisse hinc quae illuc ueheres multa..." - C
Cimon
Cornelius Nepos
"...duas potentissimas civitates conciliavit. Post, neque ita multo, Cyprum cum ducentis navibus imperator missus, cum eius maiorem partem..." - C
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...Post id proelium eundem Pausaniam cum classe communi Cyprum atque Hellespontum miserunt, ut ex his regionibus barbarorum praesidia..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...mobilis et huic iam familiaris malo Nicopolis; Cyprum ambit altum mare et agitatur; Tyros et ipsa tam mouetur..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...petentem auxilio Beli; genitor tum Belus opimam vastabat Cyprum, et victor dicione tenebat. Tempore iam ex illo casus..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...navibusque aliis additis actuariis in Ciliciam atque inde Cyprum pervenit. Ibi cognoscit consensu omnium Antiochensium civiumque Romanorum..." - T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aduersus duos, quam ante aduersus unum pararet bellum. Cyprum extemplo classem misit; ipse primo uere cum exercitu Aegyptum..."
