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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="title">Cyprus</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.442</span>, al. (never in Il., exc. in Adv. (v. infr.)). Adv. Κυπρόθεν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from Cyprus</b>, AP9.487 (Pall.); Κυπρόθε, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>9.7</span>; Κύπρονδε, <b class="b2">to Cyprus</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.21</span>.</span>
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="title">Cyprus</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.442</span>, al. (never in Il., exc. in Adv. (v. infr.)). Adv. Κυπρόθεν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from Cyprus</b>, AP9.487 (Pall.); Κυπρόθε, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Sos.</span>9.7</span>; Κύπρονδε, <b class="b2">to Cyprus</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.21</span>.</span>
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Transliteration A: Kýpros Transliteration B: Kypros Transliteration C: Kypros Beta Code: *ku/pros

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Cyprus, Od.17.442, al. (never in Il., exc. in Adv. (v. infr.)). Adv. Κυπρόθεν,

   A from Cyprus, AP9.487 (Pall.); Κυπρόθε, Call.Sos.9.7; Κύπρονδε, to Cyprus, Il.11.21.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Κύπρος: ἡ, Ἑλληνικὴ νῆσος κατὰ τὰ νότια παράλια τῆς Μικρᾶς Ἀσίας, Ὅμ. (μάλιστα ἐν τῇ Ὀδ.) κτλ.· οἱ Ρωμαῖοι ἐλάμβανον ἐκεῖθεν τὸν ἄριστον χαλκόν, Λατ. cyprium, Πλίν. 34. 2· ― πρβλ. Κύπριος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ἡ) :
Chypre.
Étymologie: DELG hourrite kab

English (Autenrieth)

the island of Cyprus, Od. 4.83 .—Κυπρονδε, to Cyprus, Il. 11.21.

English (Slater)

Κύπρος
   1 Cyprus Οἰνώνᾳ τε καὶ Κᾰπρῳ, ἔνθα Τεῦκρος ἀπάρχει ὁ Τελαμωνιάδας (N. 4.46) (θεῷ) ὅσπερ καὶ Κινύραν ἔβρισε πλούτῳ ποντίᾳ ἔν ποτε Κύπρῳ (N. 8.18) ὦ Κύπρου δέσποινα Aphrodite fr. 122. 18.

English (Strong)

of uncertain origin; Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean: Cyprus.

English (Thayer)

Κύπρου, ἡ, Cyprus, a very fertile and delightful island of the Mediterranean, lying between Cilicia and Syria: BB. DD., under the word; Lewin, St. Paul, i. 120ff.)

Greek Monotonic

Κύπρος: ἡ, η Κύπρος, ελληνικό νησί στη νότια ακτή της Μ. Ασίας, σε Όμηρ. κ.λπ.· οι Ρωμαίοι έπαιρναν από αυτό τον καλύτερο χαλκό, Λατ. cyprium.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Κύπρος: (ῡ и ῠ) ἡ Кипр (остров в вост. части Средиземного моря, к югу от Киликии и к зап. от Сирии, один из древнейших и главных центров культа Афродиты) Hom., Her. etc.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Cyprus (Il.)
Dialectal forms: Myc. kupirijo \/Kuprios\/
Derivatives: Κύπρις, -ιδος, -ιδα, -ιν f. name of Aphrodite (Il.; on the accent Schwyzer 385); Κύπριος Cyprian (IA.), Κυπριακός id. (D.S.). On PN with Κυπρο-, -κυπρος Κυπρ. Σμουδαί 23 (1964) 3-12.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Origin unknown; Lat. LW [loanword] cuprum, older (aes) cyprium copper. The similarity with Sumer. zabar copper (prop. "gleaming stone"), from where Assyr. siparru > Elam. čupar id., is accidental, s. Ipsen IF 39, 232 ff. against Pokorny KZ 49, 127, who argues for Caucasian origin. - New attempt by Deroy Mél. Isidore Levy 87 ff. (cf. Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 7, 103). Neu, Der indogerm. Wortschatz ed. W. Meid, Innsbruck 1987, 181f. (also in Das Hurritische, Wiesbaden 1988, 37) points to Hurr. kab\/pali- from a root kab\/p- copper as the poss. origin of the name (but it is remarkable that this word has no -u-); Cyprus was famous in antiquity for its copper. - From Latin originate Fr. cuivre, Eng. copper, Gerrm. Kupfer. - In the Bronze Age the island was called Alas(h)iya; the name lives on in the suername ᾽Αλασιώτης of Apollo.

Middle Liddell

Κύπρος, ἡ,
Cyprus, a Greek island on the S. coast of Asia Minor, Hom., etc.:—the Romans got from it the best copper, Lat. cyprium.