cuprum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A borrowing from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”), from the large reserves of the metal found on the island.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuprum n (genitive cuprī); second declension
- copper (the metal)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cuprum | cupra |
Genitive | cuprī | cuprōrum |
Dative | cuprō | cuprīs |
Accusative | cuprum | cupra |
Ablative | cuprō | cuprīs |
Vocative | cuprum | cupra |
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Vulgar Latin: *cūbru, *cūbrum
- Borrowings
- Proto-Germanic: *kuprą
References[edit]
- “cuprum”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- cuprum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cuprum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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