"Κύπρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قبرص",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qubruṣ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قبرص (qubruṣ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قبرص (qubruṣ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Cyprus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Cyprus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Cyprus"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "sem-nwe",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ك ب ر",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ναζαία"
      },
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      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "The weekday names in Arab antiquity, like in European languages, come from theonyms, which were used in greater variety to express similar ideas and idioms of different tribes, before suffering unification by monotheism. In polytheist times there was a main or preferred female deity in each tribe. The same idea, with subtle distinction, could be termed Arabic <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">الْكُبْرَى</i> (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) as well as in Mecca <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">الْعُزَّى</i> (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”), rendered Ancient Greek <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">Ναζαία</i> (Nazaía), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَرُوبَة</i> (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”), and <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللَات</i> (al-lāt), now provided but by <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللّٰه</i> (allāh). Either occurred in the takbir and basmala: beside the present male given name <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد اللّٰه</i> (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الْعزّى</i>, <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الشَّمْس</i> (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الْمَسِيح</i> (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد اللَّات</i> (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه</i> (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ</i> (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى</i> (al-lātu kubrā) instead of <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر</i> (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).",
        "group": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "beside the present male given name عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had عَبْد الْعزّى, عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā) instead of اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚",
        "g": "f",
        "t": "rule, power"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚 f (drkt, “rule, power”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sux",
        "2": "𒌓𒅗𒁇",
        "t": "bronze, copper",
        "tr": "ud-ka-bar",
        "ts": "zabar, kabar"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xeb",
        "2": "𒂵𒁀𒈝",
        "t": "copper",
        "tr": "ga-ba-lum",
        "ts": "kabalum"
      },
      "expansion": "Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xhu",
        "2": "",
        "t": "copper",
        "tr": "kabali, kābli"
      },
      "expansion": "Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "aes Cyprium",
        "t": "Cypriot copper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aes Cyprium (“Cypriot copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊",
        "ts": "ʔalaṯiya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 (ảlṯy /⁠ʔalaṯiya⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cupressus sempervirens",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Cupressus sempervirens",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lawsonia alba",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Lawsonia alba",
      "name": "taxlink"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A Northwest Semitic goddess name from the root כ־ב־ר / ك ب ر (k-b-r) which is attested as Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) in a variant reading of Sura 62, Aya 9, where جُمْعَة (jumʕa, “Friday”) has a more archaic version عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, “Friday”), and الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى (al-ʕarūbati l-kubrā). beside the present male given name عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had عَبْد الْعزّى, عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā) instead of اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).\nThe association of the island with the goddess resounds mythologically in king Cinyras being the founder of Paphos and its fane of Aphrodite. Her very first temple was according to Herodotus I, 105 erected in Asqalon by the Semitic Phoenicians. The very locality is known to be related to the goddess Δερκετώ (Derketṓ), identical to Ugaritic 𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚 f (drkt, “rule, power”) – recalling the idea of greatness, Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā).\nThe island taking its relevance from being the major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age, the name of a local cult became associated—in no discernible order!—with the metal and with the island itself. It spread, notably to Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”), Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”), Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”), and Latin aes Cyprium (“Cypriot copper”), later cuprum.\nHence copper is connected by alchemists and astrologers through one symbol ♀ to the planet Venus, the interpretatio romana of Aphrodite, of repute as a Cyprian goddess, Cypria, Cypris.\nBefore that, a time is known where ancient Cyprus did not have the present name, in view of its division into kingdoms which usually served for more specific names; the name for the whole island is just barely known in Phoenician as 𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 (ʾlšy /⁠ʾalašiya⁠/) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 (ảlṯy /⁠ʔalaṯiya⁠/). Nonetheless Mycenaean Greek attests the adjective 𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (ku-pi-ri-jo, “Cypriot”).\nTo be kept apart from the word for the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) κυπάρισσος and the word for the plant henna (Lawsonia alba) κύπρος (kúpros) though it also colour in red (as copper does).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Κῠ́προς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kúpros",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Κῠ́πρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Κῠ́προς",
      "roman": "hē Kúpros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Κῠ́πρου",
      "roman": "tês Kúprou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Κῠ́πρῳ",
      "roman": "têi Kúprōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Κῠ́προν",
      "roman": "tḕn Kúpron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Κῠ́πρε",
      "roman": "Kúpre",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "Κῠ́προς",
        "2": "Κῠ́πρου",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Κῠ́προς • (Kúpros) f (genitive Κῠ́πρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Κῠ́προς",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "FS"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "orig": "grc:Islands",
          "parents": [
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            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Kúprios",
          "word": "Κῠ́πρῐος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kúprios",
          "word": "κῠ́πρῐος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuprís",
          "word": "κῠπρῐ́ς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuprogenḗs",
          "word": "κῠπρογενής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuprogéneia",
          "word": "κῠπρογένεια"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuprogénēa",
          "word": "κῠπρογένηα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kupróthe",
          "word": "κῠπρόθε"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kupróthen",
          "word": "κῠπρόθεν"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kúpronde",
          "word": "κῠ́προνδε"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Κύπρος-grc-name-OPZEuny9",
      "links": [
        [
          "Cyprus",
          "Cyprus#English"
        ],
        [
          "Mediterranean Sea",
          "Mediterranean Sea"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Alashiya",
        "Alchemical symbol",
        "Asqalon",
        "Astronomical symbols",
        "Bronze Age",
        "Cinyras",
        "Cyprus",
        "Semitic roots",
        "Sura",
        "ancient Cyprus",
        "female deity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.pros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.pros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ký.pros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.pros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.pros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Κύπρος"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Kúprios",
      "word": "Κῠ́πρῐος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kúprios",
      "word": "κῠ́πρῐος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuprís",
      "word": "κῠπρῐ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuprogenḗs",
      "word": "κῠπρογενής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuprogéneia",
      "word": "κῠπρογένεια"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuprogénēa",
      "word": "κῠπρογένηα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kupróthe",
      "word": "κῠπρόθε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kupróthen",
      "word": "κῠπρόθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kúpronde",
      "word": "κῠ́προνδε"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قبرص",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qubruṣ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قبرص (qubruṣ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قبرص (qubruṣ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Cyprus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Cyprus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Cyprus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "sem-nwe",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Northwest Semitic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ك ب ر",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ك ب ر (k-b-r)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ναζαία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ναζαία (Nazaía)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "The weekday names in Arab antiquity, like in European languages, come from theonyms, which were used in greater variety to express similar ideas and idioms of different tribes, before suffering unification by monotheism. In polytheist times there was a main or preferred female deity in each tribe. The same idea, with subtle distinction, could be termed Arabic <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">الْكُبْرَى</i> (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) as well as in Mecca <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">الْعُزَّى</i> (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”), rendered Ancient Greek <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">Ναζαία</i> (Nazaía), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَرُوبَة</i> (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”), and <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللَات</i> (al-lāt), now provided but by <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللّٰه</i> (allāh). Either occurred in the takbir and basmala: beside the present male given name <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد اللّٰه</i> (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الْعزّى</i>, <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الشَّمْس</i> (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد الْمَسِيح</i> (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">عَبْد اللَّات</i> (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه</i> (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ</i> (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى</i> (al-lātu kubrā) instead of <i class=\"Arab mention\" lang=\"ar\">اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر</i> (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).",
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      },
      "expansion": "beside the present male given name عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had عَبْد الْعزّى, عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā) instead of اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚",
        "g": "f",
        "t": "rule, power"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚 f (drkt, “rule, power”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sux",
        "2": "𒌓𒅗𒁇",
        "t": "bronze, copper",
        "tr": "ud-ka-bar",
        "ts": "zabar, kabar"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xeb",
        "2": "𒂵𒁀𒈝",
        "t": "copper",
        "tr": "ga-ba-lum",
        "ts": "kabalum"
      },
      "expansion": "Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xhu",
        "2": "",
        "t": "copper",
        "tr": "kabali, kābli"
      },
      "expansion": "Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "aes Cyprium",
        "t": "Cypriot copper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aes Cyprium (“Cypriot copper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊",
        "ts": "ʔalaṯiya"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 (ảlṯy /⁠ʔalaṯiya⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cupressus sempervirens",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Cupressus sempervirens",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lawsonia alba",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Lawsonia alba",
      "name": "taxlink"
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  "etymology_text": "A Northwest Semitic goddess name from the root כ־ב־ר / ك ب ر (k-b-r) which is attested as Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) in a variant reading of Sura 62, Aya 9, where جُمْعَة (jumʕa, “Friday”) has a more archaic version عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, “Friday”), and الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى (al-ʕarūbati l-kubrā). beside the present male given name عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”) we also had عَبْد الْعزّى, عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”), عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”), عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”), and just as one now says بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh), there are variants of this invocation like بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma), and we should imagine that ancient Arabs shouted اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā) instead of اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar) as a set phrase, functionally equivalent.\nTo return to the interpretation of Greek history and historiography, in the Greek pantheon any such Oriental female god equates to Aphrodite (interpretatio graeca).\nThe association of the island with the goddess resounds mythologically in king Cinyras being the founder of Paphos and its fane of Aphrodite. Her very first temple was according to Herodotus I, 105 erected in Asqalon by the Semitic Phoenicians. The very locality is known to be related to the goddess Δερκετώ (Derketṓ), identical to Ugaritic 𐎄𐎗𐎋𐎚 f (drkt, “rule, power”) – recalling the idea of greatness, Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā).\nThe island taking its relevance from being the major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age, the name of a local cult became associated—in no discernible order!—with the metal and with the island itself. It spread, notably to Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”), Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”), Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”), and Latin aes Cyprium (“Cypriot copper”), later cuprum.\nHence copper is connected by alchemists and astrologers through one symbol ♀ to the planet Venus, the interpretatio romana of Aphrodite, of repute as a Cyprian goddess, Cypria, Cypris.\nBefore that, a time is known where ancient Cyprus did not have the present name, in view of its division into kingdoms which usually served for more specific names; the name for the whole island is just barely known in Phoenician as 𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 (ʾlšy /⁠ʾalašiya⁠/) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 (ảlṯy /⁠ʔalaṯiya⁠/). Nonetheless Mycenaean Greek attests the adjective 𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (ku-pi-ri-jo, “Cypriot”).\nTo be kept apart from the word for the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) κυπάρισσος and the word for the plant henna (Lawsonia alba) κύπρος (kúpros) though it also colour in red (as copper does).",
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      "form": "τὴν Κῠ́προν",
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      "form": "Κῠ́πρε",
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      "ipa": "/ký.pros/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.pros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ký.pros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈky.pros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈcy.pros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈci.pros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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