cupressus

See also: Cupressus

Latin

Alternative forms

cypressus (Late Latin)
cyparissus (only in Virgil)

Etymology

Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.sus/, [kʊˈprɛs̠ːʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.sus/, [kuˈprɛsːus]

Noun

cupressus f (genitive cupressī); second declension
cupressus f (genitive cupressūs); fourth declension
cupressus m (genitive cupressī); second declension

cypress (tree)
- 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.6.9-12:
  Ille mordaci uelut icta ferro / pinus aut inpulsa cupressus Euro / procidit late posuitque collum in / pulvere Teucro
  Like a pine-tree slashed by the bite of the axe, / or a cypress struck by an Easterly wind, / he fell, outstretched, to the earth, bowed down his neck / in the Trojan dust.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cupressus	cupressī
Genitive	cupressī	cupressōrum
Dative	cupressō	cupressīs
Accusative	cupressum	cupressōs
Ablative	cupressō	cupressīs
Vocative	cupresse	cupressī

Derived terms

Related terms

cupressinus / cupressīnus

Descendants

→ Aragonese: cupreso (Sarrablés)
Catalan: ciprés, ciprer, xiprer
→ English: cypress
→ French: cyprès
→ Italian: cipresso
→ Norman: cyprès (Jersey)
Piedmontese: sipress
Portuguese: cipreste
→ Spanish: ciprés

References

“cupressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cupressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
cupressus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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