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κυπρῖνος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Other names for this fish, like Sanskrit शफर (śaphara), Lithuanian šāpalas and Late Latin carpa, are not related. The suffix -ῖν- is well-known in Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῠπρῖνος (kŭprînos) m (genitive κῠπρῑ́νου); second declension

  1. carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: cyprīnus
    • Translingual: Cyprinus

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