Κύπρος
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
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.
