κυπρῖνος

See also: κύπρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Other names for this fish, like Sanskrit शफर (śaphara), Lithuanian šāpalas and Late Latin carpa, are not related. The suffix -ῖν- is well-known in Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῠπρῖνος • (kŭprînos) m (genitive κῠπρῑ́νου); second declension

  1. carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠπρῖνος; τοῦ κῠπρῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κῠπρῖνος
ho kŭprînos 		τὼ κῠπρῑ́νω
tṑ kŭprī́nō 		οἱ κῠπρῖνοι
hoi kŭprînoi
Genitive τοῦ κῠπρῑ́νου
toû kŭprī́nou 		τοῖν κῠπρῑ́νοιν
toîn kŭprī́noin 		τῶν κῠπρῑ́νων
tôn kŭprī́nōn
Dative τῷ κῠπρῑ́νῳ
tōî kŭprī́nōi 		τοῖν κῠπρῑ́νοιν
toîn kŭprī́noin 		τοῖς κῠπρῑ́νοις
toîs kŭprī́nois
Accusative τὸν κῠπρῖνον
tòn kŭprînon 		τὼ κῠπρῑ́νω
tṑ kŭprī́nō 		τοὺς κῠπρῑ́νους
toùs kŭprī́nous
Vocative κῠπρῖνε
kŭprîne 		κῠπρῑ́νω
kŭprī́nō 		κῠπρῖνοι
kŭprînoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: cyprīnus
    • → Translingual: Cyprinus

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