Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Κύπριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κύπριος Κύπριᾱ Κύπριον

Structure: Κυπρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of Cyprus, Cyprian

Examples

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν Μενέλαοσ ἀπέλιπε τῆσ ἀρχιερωσύνησ διάδοχον Λυσίμαχον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφόν, Σώστρατοσ δὲ Κράτητα τὸν ἐπὶ τῶν Κυπρίων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:29)
  • Λητὼ δὲ γυνή τισ ἐγένετο Εὐαγόρου τοῦ Κυπρίων βασιλέωσ, καὶ ὅμωσ οὐκ ἠγανάκτησεν ἡ θεὸσ δυναμένη λίθον αὐτὴν ὥσπερ τὴν Νιόβην ἀπεργάσασθαι. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 27:4)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ γελοίῳ οὐκ ἀπίθανοσ φασὶ δὲ καὶ τελευτῆσαι αὐτὸν διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ γελοίῳ παρρησίαν ὑπὸ Νικοκλέουσ τοῦ Κυπρίων βασιλέωσ φάρμακον πιόντα διὰ τὸ σκώπτειν αὐτοῦ τοὺσ υἱούσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 46 1:1)
  • Ἄνδρων δὲ ὁ Καβήλεω Τήιοσ, Κυπρίων δὲ Νικοκλέησ ὁ Πασικράτεοσ Σόλιοσ, καὶ Νιθάφων ὁ Πνυταγόρεω Σαλαμίνιοσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 18 8:1)
  • ὁ τῶν Κυπρίων τοῦτό φησι ποιητήσ, ὅστισ ἂν εἰή. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 22)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION