cyprinum
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύπρινον (kúprinon), nominal derivation of κύπρινος (kúprinos, “made from henna”), from κύπρος (kúpros, “henna”), ultimately from Akkadian.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈky.prɪ.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.pri.num]
Noun
cyprinum n (genitive cyprinī); second declension
- Henna oil, the oil of Lawsonia inermis
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyˈpriː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈpriː.num]
Noun
cyprīnum
- accusative singular of cyprīnus
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyˈpriː.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈpriː.num]
Adjective
cyprīnum
- inflection of cyprīnus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
References
- “cyprinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "cyprinum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cyprinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.