Coptos

See also: coptos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοπτός (Koptós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Coptos f sg (genitive Coptī); second declension

  1. A town of the Thebaid on the eastern side of the Nile

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Coptos
Genitive Coptī
Dative Coptō
Accusative Copton
Ablative Coptō
Vocative Copte
Locative Coptī

Derived terms

  • Coptītes
  • Coptīticus

References

  • Coptos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Coptos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Coptos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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