cyprus

See also: Cyprus

Latin

cyprus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈky.prus/, [ˈkʏprʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.prus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːprus]

Noun

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

Second-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• → Middle English: cipre