"Κύπρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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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"
    }
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        "2": "sem-nwe",
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      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כ־ב־ר"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ك ب ر",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "جُمْعَة",
        "t": "Friday"
      },
      "expansion": "جُمْعَة (jumʕa, “Friday”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَرُوبَة",
        "t": "Friday"
      },
      "expansion": "عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, “Friday”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "",
        "3": "الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى (al-ʕarūbati l-kubrā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "الْعُزَّى",
        "lit": "the most powerful"
      },
      "expansion": "الْعُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ναζαία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ναζαία (Nazaía)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَرُوبَة",
        "lit": "the one who enables love"
      },
      "expansion": "عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللَات"
      },
      "expansion": "اللَات (al-lāt)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللّٰه"
      },
      "expansion": "اللّٰه (allāh)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد اللّٰه",
        "lit": "slave of god"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الْعزّى"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الْعزّى",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الشَّمْس",
        "t": "slave of the Sun"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الْمَسِيح",
        "t": "slave of the Messiah"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد اللَّات",
        "t": "slave of Allat"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه"
      },
      "expansion": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "",
        "3": "اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر"
      },
      "expansion": "اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Δερκετώ"
      },
      "expansion": "Δερκετώ (Derketṓ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉",
        "ts": "ʾalašiya"
      },
      "expansion": "𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 (ʾlšy /⁠ʾalašiya⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍",
        "t": "Cypriot",
        "tr": "ku-pi-ri-jo"
      },
      "expansion": "𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (ku-pi-ri-jo, “Cypriot”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cupressus sempervirens",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Cupressus sempervirens",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κυπάρισσος",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "κυπάρισσος",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lawsonia alba",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Lawsonia alba",
      "name": "taxlink"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κύπρος",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "κύπρος (kúpros)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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).\nThe 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 الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) as well as in Mecca الْعُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”), rendered Ancient Greek Ναζαία (Nazaía), عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”), and اللَات (al-lāt), now provided but by اللّٰه (allāh). Either occurred in the takbir and basmala: 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 Cinyras being the founder of Paphos and its Aphrodite fane. 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, only from the name of a local cult then the name of the island and of the metal in no discernible order spread, notably Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”), Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”), Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”).\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).\nMore at Wikipedia.",
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      "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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        "1": "Κῠ́προς",
        "2": "ου",
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  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "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,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
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            "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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      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כ־ב־ר"
      },
      "expansion": "כ־ב־ר",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "جُمْعَة",
        "t": "Friday"
      },
      "expansion": "جُمْعَة (jumʕa, “Friday”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَرُوبَة",
        "t": "Friday"
      },
      "expansion": "عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, “Friday”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "",
        "3": "الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "الْعَرُوبَةِ الْكُبْرَى (al-ʕarūbati l-kubrā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كبرى",
        "3": "الْكُبْرَى",
        "lit": "the great"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "الْعُزَّى",
        "lit": "the most powerful"
      },
      "expansion": "الْعُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ναζαία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ναζαία (Nazaía)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَرُوبَة",
        "lit": "the one who enables love"
      },
      "expansion": "عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللَات"
      },
      "expansion": "اللَات (al-lāt)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللّٰه"
      },
      "expansion": "اللّٰه (allāh)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد اللّٰه",
        "lit": "slave of god"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh, literally “slave of god”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الْعزّى"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الْعزّى",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الشَّمْس",
        "t": "slave of the Sun"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الشَّمْس (ʕabd aš-šams, “slave of the Sun”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد الْمَسِيح",
        "t": "slave of the Messiah"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ, “slave of the Messiah”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "عَبْد اللَّات",
        "t": "slave of Allat"
      },
      "expansion": "عَبْد اللَّات (ʕabd al-lāt, “slave of Allat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه"
      },
      "expansion": "بِسْمِ ٱللّٰه (bismi llāh)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "بِسْمِكَ ٱللّٰهُمَّ (bismika llāhumma)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "",
        "3": "اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى"
      },
      "expansion": "اللَّاتُ كُبْرَى (al-lātu kubrā)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر"
      },
      "expansion": "اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Δερκετώ"
      },
      "expansion": "Δερκετώ (Derketṓ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉",
        "ts": "ʾalašiya"
      },
      "expansion": "𐤀𐤋𐤔𐤉 (ʾlšy /⁠ʾalašiya⁠/)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍",
        "t": "Cypriot",
        "tr": "ku-pi-ri-jo"
      },
      "expansion": "𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (ku-pi-ri-jo, “Cypriot”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cupressus sempervirens",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Cupressus sempervirens",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κυπάρισσος",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "κυπάρισσος",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Lawsonia alba",
        "2": "species"
      },
      "expansion": "Lawsonia alba",
      "name": "taxlink"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κύπρος",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "κύπρος (kúpros)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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).\nThe 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 الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) as well as in Mecca الْعُزَّى (al-ʕuzzā, literally “the most powerful”), rendered Ancient Greek Ναζαία (Nazaía), عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba, literally “the one who enables love”), and اللَات (al-lāt), now provided but by اللّٰه (allāh). Either occurred in the takbir and basmala: 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 Cinyras being the founder of Paphos and its Aphrodite fane. 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, only from the name of a local cult then the name of the island and of the metal in no discernible order spread, notably Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”), Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”), Hurrian [script needed] (kabali, kābli, “copper”).\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).\nMore at Wikipedia.",
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      "form": "Κῠ́προς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kúpros",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Κῠ́πρου",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "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",
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
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        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Mycenaean Greek terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea)"
      ],
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          "Mediterranean Sea",
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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}