Coptos

See also: coptos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοπτός (Koptós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.tos/, [ˈkɔpt̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.tos/, [ˈkɔpt̪os]

Proper noun

Coptos f sg (genitive Coptī); second declension

1. A town of the Thebaid on the eastern side of the Nile

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Coptos
genitive	Coptī
dative	Coptō
accusative	Copton
ablative	Coptō
vocative	Copte
locative	Coptī

Derived terms

• Coptītes
• Coptīticus

References

• “Coptos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Coptos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Coptos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly