Zopyrus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζώπυρος (Zṓpuros).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.py.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːpʏrʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zo.pi.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːpirus]

Proper noun

Zōpyrus m sg (genitive Zōpyrī); second declension

A surgeon and physician of Alexandria

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Zōpyrus
Genitive	Zōpyrī
Dative	Zōpyrō
Accusative	Zōpyrum
Ablative	Zōpyrō
Vocative	Zōpyre

References

“Zopyrus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Zopyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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