cyprinus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyˈpriː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈpriː.nus] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed 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. ==== Noun ==== cyprīnus m (genitive cyprīnī); second declension A type of carp ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → Italian: ciprino → Translingual: Cyprinus ⇒ English: cyprine, cyprinid === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== cyprīnus (feminine cyprīna, neuter cyprīnum); first/second-declension adjective Copper, made of copper ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.