Κυπάρισσος

See also: κυπάρισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from κυπάρισσος (kupárissos, “cypress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.pá.ris.sos/ → /cyˈpa.ris.sos/ → /ciˈpa.ri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.pá.ris.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈpa.ri.sos/

Proper noun

Κῠπάρισσος • (Kŭpárissos) f (genitive Κῠπᾰρίσσου); second declension

1. Cyparissus, Phocis, Greece
2. (mythology) Cyparissus, turned into cypress

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῠπᾰ́ρισσος; τῆς Κῠπᾰρίσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠπᾰ́ρισσος hē Kŭpắrissos
Genitive	τῆς Κῠπᾰρίσσου tês Kŭpăríssou
Dative	τῇ Κῠπᾰρίσσῳ têi Kŭpăríssōi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠπᾰ́ρισσον tḕn Kŭpắrisson
Vocative	Κῠπᾰ́ρισσε Kŭpắrisse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Cyparissus

Further reading

• Κυπάρισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette