cyprus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cȳ̆prus or cȳ̆prŏs, i, f., = κύπρος, a tree growing in Cyprus and Egypt; the flower of which yielded the cyprinum: Lawsonia alba, Linn.; Plin. 12, 24, 51, § 109; 23, 4, 46, § 90.

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Cyprus
CYPRUS(Κύπρος: Eth. and Adj. Κύπριος, Κυπριακός, Κυπριεύς, Κυπρίτης, Cyprius, Cypriacus: Kibris), an...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Cyprus
·noun A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or bla...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Cyprus
fair; fairness ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Cyprus
One of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about 148 miles long and 40 broad. It is distant ab...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Cyprus
an island of Asia in the Mediterranean. It is about 140 miles long and 50 miles wide at the widest p...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cyprus
Cȳ̆prus (-ŏs), i, f., = Κύπρος, I an island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.