cupreus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cypreus === Etymology === From cuprum (“copper”) + -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.pre.ʊs], [ˈkʊp.re.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.pre.us], [ˈkup.re.us] === Adjective === cupreus (feminine cuprea, neuter cupreum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin, relational) copper; copper-coloured ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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.