noun · femininefirst declension
cūpa1
cūpa f (genitive cūpae)
Classical[ˈkuː.pa]Ecclesiastical[ˈkuː.pa]
Meaning
- tub, cask, tun, vat
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cūpa cūpella | cūpae cūpellae |
| genitive | cūpae cūpellae | cūpārum cūpellārum |
| dative | cūpae cūpellae | cūpīs cūpellīs |
| accusative | cūpam cūpellam | cūpās cūpellās |
| ablative | cūpā cūpellā | cūpīs cūpellīs |
| vocative | cūpa cūpella | cūpae cūpellae |
cūpa, ae, f. cf. κύπτω,
I. a tub, cask, tun, vat, etc., for holding liquids, esp. wine, Varr. ap. Non. p. 83, 24 sq.; Pall. 1, 18, 2; 1, 38, 1; Cic. Pis. 27, 67 (but acc. to Ernesti, a female vintner; cf. copa); Caes. B. C: 2, 11; Luc. 4, 420;
also for grain, Dig. 19, 2, 31; and for the ashes of the dead, a niche, Inscr. Orell. 2697; 4550.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cūpa ae, f
CVB-, a cask, tun, barrel: taedā refertae, Cs.: vinum de cupā.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”), perhaps of substrate origin. Cognate with Old English hȳf (modern English hive), Sanskrit कूप (kūpa, “well, hollow, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker, goblet”).
Elsewhere
- Italiancupo
- Frenchcuvefrom Old French cuve
- Portuguesecubafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuba
- GermanKufe
- Englishkeevefrom Old English cȳf
- Englishkipefrom Old English cȳpe
- Englishcoopfrom Old English cȳpe
- Bourguignoncueuve
- Falacubafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuba
- Galiciancubafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuba
Old Spanish
- Spanishcuba