cupresseus

Latin

Etymology

From cupressus (“cypress tree”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.se.us/, [kʊˈprɛs̠ːeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈpres.se.us/, [kuˈprɛsːeus]

Adjective

cupresseus (feminine cupressea, neuter cupresseum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the cypress (tree); cyprine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cupresseus	cupressea	cupresseum		cupresseī	cupresseae	cupressea
genitive	cupresseī	cupresseae	cupresseī		cupresseōrum	cupresseārum	cupresseōrum
dative	cupresseō	cupresseae	cupresseō		cupresseīs
accusative	cupresseum	cupresseam	cupresseum		cupresseōs	cupresseās	cupressea
ablative	cupresseō	cupresseā	cupresseō		cupresseīs
vocative	cupressee	cupressea	cupresseum		cupresseī	cupresseae	cupressea

Synonyms

• cupressinus / cupressīnus

Related terms

• cupressētum
• cupressifer

References

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