cupressus

Latin > English

cupressus cupressi N F :: cypress-tree; cypress oil/wood, cypress-wood casket, spear of cypress-wood
cupressus cupressus cupressus N F :: cypress-tree; cypress oil/wood, cypress-wood casket, spear of cypress-wood

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cū̆pressus: i, and less freq. ūs, f.
I (m. acc. plur. rectosque cupressos, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, 13, and ap. Non. p. 195; rare collat. form cypărissus, i, f., Verg. A. 3, 680; cf. infra B.; and in late Lat. cȳ̆pres-sus, i, f., Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 17; Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 34), = κυπάρισσος, the cypress, an evergreen tree sacred to Pluto and used at funerals: Cupressus sempervirens, Linn.— Sing. nom., Hor. C. 4, 6, 10; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 142; 16, 40, 78, § 212; Ov. M. 10, 106.—Gen. cupressi, Cato, R. R. 48, 1; 151, 1 sq.; Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 89; 24, 5, 10, § 15; Val. Fl. 1, 774; Ser. Samm. 598; 691 al.; cupressus, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 112; App. M. 6, 30, p. 186; 8, 18, p. 209.—Dat. cupresso, Ser. Samm. 688.—Abl. cupresso, Verg. A. 3, 64; Hor. A. P. 332; Cels. 4, 9; 6, 18, 6; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 97; 24, 6, 22, § 32; Vitr. 1, 2, 8; 2, 9, 12; Mart. 6, 73, 7; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 2: cupressu, Cat. 64, 291; Ov. M. 3, 155; id. Tr. 3, 13, 21; Vitr. 2, 9, 13; Col. 4, 26, 1; Mart. 6, 49, 4; 6, 49, 11; Petr. 120; Spart. Sev. 22, 4.—Plur. nom. cupressi, Verg. E. 1, 26; Hor. C. 1, 9, 11: cupressus, Petr. 131; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370.—Acc. cupressos, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, 13; Cato, R. R. 28, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1, 26; Verg. G. 2, 443; id. A. 6, 216; Hor. C. 2, 14, 23; id. Epod. 5, 18: cupressus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 393.—
   B Personified: Cypărissus, i, m., a youth changed to a cypress, Ov M. 10, 121 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 20; id. A. 3, 64.—
II Meton., a box of cypress wood; abl. cupresso, Hor. A. P. 332.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cupressus,¹¹ ī, Cato Agr. 48, 1 et ūs, Apul. M. 6, 30, f., cyprès || [fig.] coffret de cyprès : Hor. P. 332 || m., Enn. Ann. 262.

Latin > German (Georges)

cupressus, ī, f. u. ūs, m. (κυπάρισσος), I) die Zypresse (Cupressus sempervirens, L.), bei Leichenfeiern benutzt, dah. auch dem Pluto heilig, Form cupressus, ī, f., durch alle Kasus im Sing. u. Plur., Cato, Vitr., Verg. u.a.: Form cupressus, ūs, f. Genet. bei Apul. met. 6, 30 u. 8, 10 (vgl. Varro LL. 9, 80): Abl. bei Vitr., Catull. u.a.: Nom. Plur. bei Petron. poët. 131, 8. v. 2. Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 370: Akk. Plur. bei Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 393. Vgl. übh. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 763 u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 185. – Plur. als masc., longi cupressi, Enn. ann. 262: rectos cupressos, ibid. 490. – Spätlat. Nbf. cypressus, ī, f., Vulg. Sirach 24, 17. Charis. 21, 13. Isid. 17, 7, 34. – Dem griech. κυπάρισσος gleiche Nbf. im Plur., cyparissi coniferae, Verg. Aen. 3, 684. – Personifiziert Cyparissus, ī, m., der »in eine Zypresse verwandelte Jüngling«, Ov. met. 10, 121 sq. – II) meton., ein Kästchen aus Zypressenholz, Hor. de art. poët. 332.