Κύπρος
νύκτα οὖν ἡμέραν ποιούμενος → without delay, as soon as possible, as fast as possible, making the night day, making night into day, turning night into day
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.)
