See also: cupra and çupra

Latin

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Etymology

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From Etruscan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (to smoke, boil, move violently), the same root in the verb cupiō.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cupra f sg (genitive Cuprae); first declension

  1. epithet of Juno among Etruscans
  2. A town in Picenum situated on the Adriatic coast

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cupra
Genitive Cuprae
Dative Cuprae
Accusative Cupram
Ablative Cuprā
Vocative Cupra
Locative Cuprae

References

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  • Cupra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cupra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.