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cupressus

cupressus, the cypress (an evergreen tree, sacred to Pluto)

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cupressus , ī, f.: the cypress; a branch of cypress, 2.714.

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cupresso Noun: feminine dative singular, Noun: feminine ablative singular of cupressus

See cupresso in Morpho

cū̆pressus, i, and less freq. ūs, f. (m. acc. plur. rectosque cupressos, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, 13, and ap. Non. p. 195; rare collat. form cypărissus, i, f., Verg. A. 3, 680; cf. infra B.; and in late Lat. cȳ̆pres-sus, i, f., Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 17; Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 34),
  • = κυπάρισσος, the cypress, an evergreen tree sacred to Pluto and used at funerals: Cupressus sempervirens, Linn.— Sing. nom., Hor. C. 4, 6, 10; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 142; 16, 40, 78, § 212; Ov. M. 10, 106.—Gen. cupressi, Cato R. R. 48, 1; 151, 1 sq.; Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 89; 24, 5, 10, § 15; Val. Fl. 1, 774; Ser. Samm. 598; 691 al.; cupressus, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 112; Ap. Met. 6, 30, 17; 8, 18, 10.—Dat. cupresso, Ser. Samm. 688.—Abl. cupresso, Verg. A. 3, 64; Hor. A. P. 332; Cels. 4, 9; 6, 18, 6; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 97; 24, 6, 22, § 32; Vitr. 1, 2, 8; 2, 9, 12; Mart. 6, 73, 7; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 2: cupressu, Cat. 64, 291; Ov. M. 3, 155; id. Tr. 3, 13, 21; Vitr. 2, 9, 13; Col. 4, 26, 1; Mart. 6, 49, 4; 6, 49, 11; Petr. 120, 1, 75; Spart. Sev. 22, 4.—Plur. nom. cupressi, Verg. E. 1, 26; Hor. C. 1, 9, 11: cupressus, Petr. 131, 8; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370.—Acc. cupressos, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, 13; Cato R. R. 28, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1, 26; Verg. G. 2, 443; id. A. 6, 216; Hor. C. 2, 14, 23; id. Epod. 5, 18: cupressus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 393.—
    • B Personified: Cypărissus, i, m., a youth changed to a cypress, Ov. M. 10, 121 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 20; id. A. 3, 64.—
  • II Meton., a box of cypress wood; abl. cupresso, Hor. A. P. 332.

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