cyprinus
See also: Cyprinus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kyˈpriː.nus/, [kʏˈpriːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈpri.nus/, [t͡ʃiˈpriːnus]
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κυπρῖνος (kuprînos). The Greek term was first recorded by Aristotle in Historia Animalium. It is suggested that he derived the name from κύπρις (kúpris), a nickname of Aphrodite, in reference to the fish's fecundity. κύπρις is a reference to Aphrodite's birthplace in Cyprus.[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cyprīnus | cyprīnī |
| Genitive | cyprīnī | cyprīnōrum |
| Dative | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs |
| Accusative | cyprīnum | cyprīnōs |
| Ablative | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs |
| Vocative | cyprīne | cyprīnī |
Descendants
- → Translingual: Cyprinus
Adjective
cyprīnus (feminine cyprīna, neuter cyprīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Copper, made of copper
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cyprīnus | cyprīna | cyprīnum | cyprīnī | cyprīnae | cyprīna | |
| Genitive | cyprīnī | cyprīnae | cyprīnī | cyprīnōrum | cyprīnārum | cyprīnōrum | |
| Dative | cyprīnō | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | cyprīnum | cyprīnam | cyprīnum | cyprīnōs | cyprīnās | cyprīna | |
| Ablative | cyprīnō | cyprīnā | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs | |||
| Vocative | cyprīne | cyprīna | cyprīnum | cyprīnī | cyprīnae | cyprīna | |
References
- “cyprinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyprinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Huisman, Clones of common carp, Cyprinus carpio: New perspectives in fish research
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