cuprum

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Chemical element
Cu
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cyprium (copper), elliptical for aes Cyprium, Cyprium aes (literally Cypriote copper), after the large reserves of the metal found on the island of Cyprus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cuprum n (genitive cuprī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) copper (the metal)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuprum cupra
Genitive cuprī cuprōrum
Dative cuprō cuprīs
Accusative cuprum cupra
Ablative cuprō cuprīs
Vocative cuprum cupra

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • West Iberian
    • Asturian: cobre
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Spanish: cobre
  • Catalan: coure

From cuprium or cupreum:

Borrowings

References

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  • cuprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cuprum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cuprum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.