κυπάρισσος: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[cypress]] (ε 64).<br />Dialectal forms: Myk. [[kupariseja]] (pl. n.). <b class="b2">of c.wood</b>. Att. <b class="b3">-ιττος</b><br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">-ίττιον</b> (Alciphr.); further <b class="b3">-ίσσινος</b>, <b class="b3">-ίττινος</b> <b class="b2">of cypress-wood</b> (ρ 340), <b class="b3">-ισσίας</b> <b class="b2">Euphorbia aleppica</b> (Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 35), <b class="b3">-ισσών</b>, <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. <b class="b2">cypress-forest</b> (Str.);<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Town-name <b class="b3">Κυπάρισσος</b> (Phocis, Β 519), <b class="b3">-ισσοῦς</b>, <b class="b3">-ισσία</b>, <b class="b3">-ισσιαί</b>, <b class="b3">-ισσήεις</b> (Elis, Β593), <b class="b3">κυφαρισσινος</b> (inscr. Aegina). Leumann Hom. Wörter 301); cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 85; with <b class="b3">Κυπαρίσσιος</b> surn. of Apollon (Kos), <b class="b3">-ισσία</b> surname of Artemis (Lacon.; <b class="b3">Κυφ-</b>), <b class="b3">-ισσίτας</b> surn. of Pan (Crete; <b class="b3">Κυφ-</b>). - A Pre-Greek word (note the names with <b class="b3">Κυφ-</b>). Lat. [[cupressus]] (note the <b class="b2">-e-</b>). Cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. with Nachtr., Blumenthal Gnomon 15, 166, Leumann IF 57, 156 f., Ernout Aspects du vocab. latin 31); here also Hebr. [[gōfer]]. On other names of the cypress Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 671. Fur. 160 n. 70 recalls Hurr. [[šermini]] <b class="b2">id.</b> for Pers. [[serv]] <b class="b2">id.</b>

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