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Cyprinus
Cyprinus
See also: cyprinus
Translingual
Proper noun
Cyprinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – the typical carps.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass, Teleostei - infraclass, Ostariophysi - superorder, Cypriniformes - order, Cyprinoidea - superfamily, Cyprinidae - family, Cyprininae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- For species see
Cyprinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Cyprinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cyprinus
cyprinus
See also: Cyprinus
Latin
Noun
cyprīnus m (genitive cyprīnī); second declension
- A type of carp
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cyprīnus | cyprīnī |
| genitive | cyprīnī | cyprīnōrum |
| dative | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs |
| accusative | cyprīnum | cyprīnōs |
| ablative | cyprīnō | cyprīnīs |
| vocative | cyprīne | cyprīnī |
References
- cyprinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cyprinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ Huisman, Clones of common carp, Cyprinus carpio: New perspectives in fish research