κύπειρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κύπαιρος (kúpairos), κύπειρος (kúpeiros), κύπερος (kúperos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a foreign Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.peː.ron/ → /ˈcy.pi.ron/ → /ˈci.pi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.peː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.pi.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.pi.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.pi.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.pi.ron/

Noun

κῠ́πειρον • (kŭ́peiron) n (genitive κῠπείρου); second declension

1. galingale (Cyperus longus)

   Synonym: ζέρνα (zérna)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́πειρον; τοῦ κῠπείρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́πειρον tò kŭ́peiron	τὼ κῠπείρω tṑ kŭpeírō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πειρᾰ tằ kŭ́peiră
Genitive	τοῦ κῠπείρου toû kŭpeírou	τοῖν κῠπείροιν toîn kŭpeíroin	τῶν κῠπείρων tôn kŭpeírōn
Dative	τῷ κῠπείρῳ tôi kŭpeírōi	τοῖν κῠπείροιν toîn kŭpeíroin	τοῖς κῠπείροις toîs kŭpeírois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́πειρον tò kŭ́peiron	τὼ κῠπείρω tṑ kŭpeírō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πειρᾰ tằ kŭ́peiră
Vocative	κῠ́πειρον kŭ́peiron	κῠπείρω kŭpeírō	κῠ́πειρᾰ kŭ́peiră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κυπερίζω (kuperízō)

Further reading

• “κύπειρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύπειρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN