Coptos

See also: coptos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοπτός (Koptós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.tos/, [ˈkɔpt̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.tos/, [ˈkɔpt̪os]

Proper noun

Coptos f sg (genitive Coptī); second declension

1. A town of the Thebaid on the eastern side of the Nile

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Coptos
Genitive	Coptī
Dative	Coptō
Accusative	Copton
Ablative	Coptō
Vocative	Copte
Locative	Coptī

Derived terms

• Coptītes
• Coptīticus

References

• “Coptos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Coptos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Coptos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly