cupressus

See also: Cupressus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈpres.sus/, [kʊˈprɛs̠ːʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpres.sus/, [kuˈprɛsːus]

Noun

cupressus f (genitive cupressī); second declension

  1. cypress (tree)
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.6.9-12:
      Ille mordaci uelut icta ferro / pinus aut inpulsa cupressus Euro / procidit late posuitque collum in / pulvere Teucro
      Like a pine-tree slashed by the bite of the axe, / or a cypress struck by an Easterly wind, / he fell, outstretched, to the earth, bowed down his neck / in the Trojan dust.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cupressus cupressī
Genitive cupressī cupressōrum
Dative cupressō cupressīs
Accusative cupressum cupressōs
Ablative cupressō cupressīs
Vocative cupresse cupressī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Aragonese: cupreso (Sarrablés)
  • Catalan: ciprés, ciprer, xiprer
  • → English: cypress
  • → French: cyprès
  • → Italian: cipresso
  • → Norman: cyprès (Jersey)
  • Piedmontese: sipress
  • Portuguese: cipreste
  • → Spanish: ciprés

References
  • “cupressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cupressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • cupressus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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