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κύπρος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύπρος κύπρου

Structure: κυπρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. henna (Lawsonia inermis)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ χώρασ καὶ Σαμψάμῃ καὶ Σπαρτιάταισ καὶ εἰσ Δῆλον καὶ Μύνδον καὶ Σικυῶνα καὶ εἰσ τὴν Καρίαν καὶ εἰσ Σάμον καὶ εἰσ τὴν Παμφυλίαν καὶ εἰσ τὴν Λυκίαν καὶ εἰσ Ἁλικαρνασσὸν καὶ εἰσ Ρόδον καὶ εἰσ Φασηλίδα καὶ εἰσ Κῶ καὶ εἰσ Σίδην καὶ εἰσ Ἄραδον καὶ εἰσ Γόρτυναν καὶ Κνίδον καὶ Κύπρον καὶ Κυρήνην. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 15:23)
  • ὅθεν κατηγορούμενοσ ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων πρὸσ τὸν Εὐπάτορα καὶ προδότησ παρέκαστα ἀκούων διὰ τὸ τὴν Κύπρον ἐμπιστευθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Φιλομήτοροσ ἐκλιπεῖν καὶ πρὸσ Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἐπιφανῆ ἀναχωρῆσαι μήτ̓ εὐγενῆ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, ὑπ̓ ἀθυμίασ φαρμακεύσασ ἑαυτὸν ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:13)
  • καὶ οἳ μὲν ὡσ πειραταὶ λάθρᾳ ἐπιπλέοντεσ προσφέρονται πρὸσ τὰ θηρία, οἳ δέ, καθάπερ Ἀθηναῖοι Μήδων ἐκράτησαν ναυμαχίᾳ περὶ Ἀρτεμίσιον ἢ περὶ Σαλαμῖνα καὶ Ψυττάλειαν ἢ αὖθισ περὶ Κύπρον, οὕτω δὲ καὶ οὗτοι τῶν θηρίων ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦσ κρατοῦσιν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 24 5:2)
  • πρῶτον δὲ Κυθήροισιν ζαθέοισιν ἔπλητ’, ἔνθεν ἔπειτα περίρρυτον ἵκετο Κύπρον. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:8)
  • ἱκοίμαν ποτὶ Κύπρον, νᾶσον τᾶσ Ἀφροδίτασ, ἵν’ οἱ θελξίφρονεσ νέμον‐ ται θνατοῖσιν Ἔρωτεσ, Πάφον θ’ ἃν ἑκατόστομοι βαρβάρου ποταμοῦ ῥοαὶ καρπίζουσιν ἄνομβροι. (Euripides, choral, strophe 21)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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