cyprinus

See also: Cyprinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kyˈpriː.nus/, [kʏˈpriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈpri.nus/, [t͡ʃiˈpriːnus]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος (kuprînos). The Greek term was first recorded by Aristotle in Historia Animalium. It is suggested that he derived the name from κύπρις (kúpris), a nickname of Aphrodite, in reference to the fish's fecundity. κύπρις is a reference to Aphrodite's birthplace in Cyprus.

Noun

cyprīnus m (genitive cyprīnī); second declension

1. A type of carp

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cyprīnus	cyprīnī
Genitive	cyprīnī	cyprīnōrum
Dative	cyprīnō	cyprīnīs
Accusative	cyprīnum	cyprīnōs
Ablative	cyprīnō	cyprīnīs
Vocative	cyprīne	cyprīnī

Descendants

• → Translingual: Cyprinus

Etymology 2

Adjective

cyprīnus (feminine cyprīna, neuter cyprīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Copper, made of copper

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cyprīnus	cyprīna	cyprīnum		cyprīnī	cyprīnae	cyprīna
Genitive	cyprīnī	cyprīnae	cyprīnī		cyprīnōrum	cyprīnārum	cyprīnōrum
Dative	cyprīnō		cyprīnō		cyprīnīs
Accusative	cyprīnum	cyprīnam	cyprīnum		cyprīnōs	cyprīnās	cyprīna
Ablative	cyprīnō	cyprīnā	cyprīnō		cyprīnīs
Vocative	cyprīne	cyprīna	cyprīnum		cyprīnī	cyprīnae	cyprīna

References

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