Cyparissia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cyparissa, Cyparissae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυπαρισσία (Kuparissía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ky.paˈris.si.a/, [kʏpäˈrɪs̠ːiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.paˈris.si.a/, [t͡ʃipäˈrisːiä]

Proper noun

Cyparissia f sg (genitive Cyparissiae); first declension

1. a town of Messenia situated on the western coast between Pylus and Triphylia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cyparissia
genitive	Cyparissiae
dative	Cyparissiae
accusative	Cyparissiam
ablative	Cyparissiā
vocative	Cyparissia
locative	Cyparissiae

Derived terms

• Cyparissius

References

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