Zopyrus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζώπυρος (Zṓpuros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.py.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːpʏrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zo.pi.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːpirus]

Proper noun

Zōpyrus m sg (genitive Zōpyrī); second declension

1. A surgeon and physician of Alexandria

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zōpyrus
Genitive	Zōpyrī
Dative	Zōpyrō
Accusative	Zōpyrum
Ablative	Zōpyrō
Vocative	Zōpyre

References

• “Zopyrus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Zopyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.