Cupra

See also: cupra and çupra

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to smoke, boil, move violently”), the same root in the verb cupiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.pra/, [ˈkʊ.pra]

Proper noun

Cupra f (genitive Cuprae); first declension

  1. epithet of Juno among Etruscans
  2. a town of Picenum situated on the Adriatic coast

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Cupra
genitive Cuprae
dative Cuprae
accusative Cupram
ablative Cuprā
vocative Cupra

References

  • Cupra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cupra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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