cyprinum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύπρινον (kúprinon), nominal derivation of κύπρινος (kúprinos, “made from henna”), from κύπρος (kúpros, “henna”), ultimately from Akkadian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈky.pri.num/, [ˈkʏprɪnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.pri.num/, [ˈt͡ʃiːprinum]

Noun

cyprinum n (genitive cyprinī); second declension

1. Henna oil, the oil of Lawsonia inermis

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyˈpriː.num/, [kʏˈpriːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈpri.num/, [t͡ʃiˈpriːnum]

Noun

cyprīnum

1. accusative singular of cyprīnus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyˈpriː.num/, [kʏˈpriːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈpri.num/, [t͡ʃiˈpriːnum]

Adjective

cyprīnum

1. inflection of cyprīnus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

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