Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

κυπαρίσσινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυπαρίσσινος

Structure: κυπαρισσιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from kupa/rissos

Sense

  1. of cypress-wood

Declension

First/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

  • "ναὸσ Βυζαντίων, ἐν ᾧ Τρίτων κυπαρίσσινοσ ἔχων κρατάνιον ἀργυροῦν, σειρὴν ἀργυρᾶ, καρχήσια β’ ἀργυρᾶ, κύλιξ ἀργυρᾶ, οἰνοχόη χρυσῆ, κέρατα δύο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 59 1:5)
  • ἔστι δέ μοι γαυλὸσ κυπαρίσσινοσ, ἔστι δὲ κρατήρ, ἔργον Πραξιτέλευσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 91)

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

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