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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

  • βότρυσ τῆσ κύπρου ἀδελφιδόσ μου ἐμοί, ἐν ἀμπελῶσιν Ἐγγαδδί. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 1:14)
  • κρόμμυα δὲ ἐκ Κύπρου καὶ σαπέρδασ πέντε καὶ πέρκασ τέτταρασ, ὁπότε κατεπλεύσαμεν ἐκ Βοσπόρου, ἐκόμισά σοι. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:8)
  • κρόμμυα γὰρ αὐτῇ οἴσεισ ἐκ Κύπρου καὶ τυρόν, ὅταν ἐκ Γυθίου καταπλέῃσ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:8)
  • ὦ πότνια Κύπρου καὶ Κυθήρων καὶ Πάφου μεδέουσ’, ἴθ’ ὀρθὴν ἥνπερ ἔρχι τὴν ὁδόν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene5)
  • "κατὰ δὲ τὴν τρίτην πρὸσ ταῖσ εἴκοσιν Ὀλυμπιάδα ὁ Ἡρόστρατοσ, πολίτησ ἡμέτεροσ ἐμπορίᾳ χρώμενοσ καὶ χώραν πολλὴν περιπλέων, προσσχών ποτε καὶ Πάφῳ τῆσ Κύπρου ἀγαλμάτιον Ἀφροδίτησ σπιθαμιαῖον, ἀρχαῖον τῇ τέχνῃ, ὠνησάμενοσ ᾔει φέρων εἰσ τὴν Ναύκρατιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 182)

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