κύπειρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κύπαιρος (kúpairos), κύπειρος (kúpeiros), κύπερος (kúperos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a foreign Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῠ́πειρον • (kŭ́peiron) n (genitive κῠπείρου); second declension

  1. galingale (Cyperus longus)
    Synonym: ζέρνα (zérna)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́πειρον; τοῦ κῠπείρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κῠ́πειρον
tò kŭ́peiron 		τὼ κῠπείρω
tṑ kŭpeírō 		τᾰ̀ κῠ́πειρᾰ
tằ kŭ́peiră
Genitive τοῦ κῠπείρου
toû kŭpeírou 		τοῖν κῠπείροιν
toîn kŭpeíroin 		τῶν κῠπείρων
tôn kŭpeírōn
Dative τῷ κῠπείρῳ
tōî kŭpeírōi 		τοῖν κῠπείροιν
toîn kŭpeíroin 		τοῖς κῠπείροις
toîs kŭpeírois
Accusative τὸ κῠ́πειρον
tò kŭ́peiron 		τὼ κῠπείρω
tṑ kŭpeírō 		τᾰ̀ κῠ́πειρᾰ
tằ kŭ́peiră
Vocative κῠ́πειρον
kŭ́peiron 		κῠπείρω
kŭpeírō 		κῠ́πειρᾰ
kŭ́peiră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κυπερίζω (kuperízō)

Further reading

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