cyparissus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ky.paˈris.sus/, [kʏpäˈrɪs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.paˈris.sus/, [t͡ʃipäˈrisːus]

Noun

cyparissus f (genitive cyparissī); second declension

1. (hapax) Alternative form of cupressus
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 3.677–681:

     cernimus astantis nequiquam lumine torvo
     Aetnaeos fratres caelo capita alta ferentis,
     concilium horrendum: quales cum vertice celso
     aeriae quercus aut coniferae cyparissi
     constiterunt, silva alta Iovis lucusve Dianae.

     • Translation by David West

       We saw the brotherhood of Etna standing there helpless, each with his one eye glaring and head held high in the sky, a fearsome gathering, standing like high-topped mountain oaks or cone-bearing cypresses in Jupiter's soaring forest or the grove of Diana.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cyparissus	cyparissī
genitive	cyparissī	cyparissōrum
dative	cyparissō	cyparissīs
accusative	cyparissum	cyparissōs
ablative	cyparissō	cyparissīs
vocative	cyparisse	cyparissī

References

• “cyparissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cyparissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers