ciprio
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Cyprius, from Ancient Greek Κύπριος (Kúprios).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ciprio (feminine cipria, masculine plural cipri, feminine plural ciprie)
- Cyprian, Cypriot (chiefly in reference to Greek mythology)
- la cipria Dea ― the cyprian goddess [Venus]
- 1790, Teresa Bandettini, “Canto terzo”, in La morte d'Adone [The Death of Adonis][1], Modena, page 70:
- vide […] ¶ L'infida Diva, e il Ciprio giovinetto ¶ Seder giulivi ſulla ſponda erboſa
- [he] saw the treacherous goddess and the Cyprian youth [Adonis], sitting merrily on the grassy bank