- κυπάρισσος
- κυπάρισσοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `cypress' (ε 64).Dialectal forms: Myk. kupariseja (pl. n.). `of c.wood'. Att. -ιττοςDerivatives: Dimin. -ίττιον (Alciphr.); further -ίσσινος, -ίττινος `of cypress-wood' (ρ 340), -ισσίας `Euphorbia aleppica' (Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 35), -ισσών, -ῶνος m. `cypress-forest' (Str.);Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Town-name Κυπάρισσος (Phocis, Β 519), -ισσοῦς, -ισσία, -ισσιαί, -ισσήεις (Elis, Β593), κυφαρισσινος (inscr. Aegina). Leumann Hom. Wörter 301); cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 85; with Κυπαρίσσιος surn. of Apollon (Kos), -ισσία surname of Artemis (Lacon.; Κυφ-), -ισσίτας surn. of Pan (Crete; Κυφ-). - A Pre-Greek word (note the names with Κυφ-). Lat. cupressus (note the -e-). Cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. with Nachtr., Blumenthal Gnomon 15, 166, Leumann IF 57, 156 f., Ernout Aspects du vocab. latin 31); here also Hebr. gōfer. On other names of the cypress Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 671. Fur. 160 n. 70 recalls Hurr. šermini `id.' for Pers. serv `id.'Page in Frisk: 2,50
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.