Κύπρος

See also: κύπρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from a language, according to Beekes.

• One suggestion derives it from the Greek word for the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens, κυπάρισσος), or from the Greek word for the plant henna (Lawsonia alba, κύπρος).
• Another suggestion says Cyprus owes its name to the King Cyprus, whose daughter Eune married Teucer (son of Telamon the king of Salamis) when he came to exile after the Trojan war and founded the city of Salamis in Cyprus.
• Georges Dossin suggests that the roots of the word are from the Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”, literally “shining, bright, metallic”), from the large copper reserves on the island, but Beekes states the similarity is accidental.
• More ancient etymologies about the origin of the island's name are given by Stephanus of Byzantium in his work Ἐθνικά

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.pros/ → /ˈcy.pros/ → /ˈci.pros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.pros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.pros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.pros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.pros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.pros/

Proper noun

Κῠ́προς • (Kúpros) f (genitive Κῠ́πρου); second declension

1. Cyprus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῠ́προς; τῆς Κῠ́πρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠ́προς hē Kúpros
Genitive	τῆς Κῠ́πρου tês Kúprou
Dative	τῇ Κῠ́πρῳ têi Kúprōi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠ́προν tḕn Kúpron
Vocative	Κῠ́πρε Kúpre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠ́πρῐος (Kúprios)
• κῠ́πρῐος (kúprios)
• κῠπρῐ́ς (kuprís)
• κῠπρογενής (kuprogenḗs)
• κῠπρογένεια (kuprogéneia)
• κῠπρογένηα (kuprogénēa)
• κῠπρόθε (kupróthe)
• κῠπρόθεν (kupróthen)
• κῠ́προνδε (kúpronde)

Descendants

• → Latin: cuprum

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Κύπρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 805
• “Κύπρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κύπρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κύπρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Κύπρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2954 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cyprus idem, page 193.
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[3], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Proper noun

Κύπρος • (Kýpros) f

1. Cyprus

Declension

  Κύπρος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Κύπρος •
genitive	Κύπρου •
accusative	Κύπρο •
vocative	Κύπρε •  Κύπρο •

Related terms

• Κύπριος m (Kýprios, “Cypriot”), Κυπριώτης m (Kypriótis, “Cypriot”)
• Κύπρια f (Kýpria, “female Cypriot”), Κυπριώτισσα f (Kypriótissa, “female Cypriot”)
• κυπριακά n pl (kypriaká, “Cypriot dialect”), κυπριώτικα n pl (kypriótika, “Cypriot dialect”)
• κυπριακός (kypriakós, “Cypriot”, adjective)

In the Cypriot dialect:

• Κυπραίος m (Kypraíos, “Cypriot”)
• Κυπραία f (Kypraía, “female Cypriot”)
• κυπραίικα n pl (kypraíika, “Cypriot dialect”)
• κυπραίος m (kypraíos, “Cypriot”, adjective)

Further reading

• Κύπρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el