cupressinus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κυπαρίσσινος (kuparíssinos, “of or pertaining to the cypress (tree)”) or cupressus (“cypress tree”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kuˈpres.si.nus/, [kʊˈprɛs̠ːɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpres.si.nus/, [kuˈprɛsːinus]
Adjective[edit]
cupressinus (feminine cupressina, neuter cupressinum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the cypress (tree).
Usage notes[edit]
Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the third syllable (cupressīnus for cupressinus).
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cupressinus | cupressina | cupressinum | cupressinī | cupressinae | cupressina | |
| Genitive | cupressinī | cupressinae | cupressinī | cupressinōrum | cupressinārum | cupressinōrum | |
| Dative | cupressinō | cupressinō | cupressinīs | ||||
| Accusative | cupressinum | cupressinam | cupressinum | cupressinōs | cupressinās | cupressina | |
| Ablative | cupressinō | cupressinā | cupressinō | cupressinīs | |||
| Vocative | cupressine | cupressina | cupressinum | cupressinī | cupressinae | cupressina | |
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References[edit]
- “cupressinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cupressinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.