cupreus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cuprum (“copper”) + -eus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈku.pre.us/, [ˈkʊpreʊs̠] or IPA(key): /ˈkup.re.us/, [ˈkʊpreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.pre.us/, [ˈkuːpreus] or IPA(key): /ˈkup.re.us/, [ˈkupreus]
Adjective
[edit]cupreus (feminine cuprea, neuter cupreum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) copper; copper-coloured
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | cupreus | cuprea | cupreum | cupreī | cupreae | cuprea | |
genitive | cupreī | cupreae | cupreī | cupreōrum | cupreārum | cupreōrum | |
dative | cupreō | cupreae | cupreō | cupreīs | |||
accusative | cupreum | cupream | cupreum | cupreōs | cupreās | cuprea | |
ablative | cupreō | cupreā | cupreō | cupreīs | |||
vocative | cupree | cuprea | cupreum | cupreī | cupreae | cuprea |
References
[edit]- “cupreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cupreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.