cyphi

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cȳfi, quīfi (manuscript variants)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῦφι (kûphi).

Pronunciation

Noun

cȳphi n (genitive cȳphis); third declension

  1. a kind of compound incense from the Egyptians
    • 392 CE, Jerome, Against Jovinianus II.8:
      Odoris autem suavitas et diversa thymiamata et amomum et cyphi, oenanthe, muscus et peregrini muris pellicula, quod dissolutis et amatoribus conveniat, nemo nisi dissolutus negat.
      That the sweetness of the smell of various kinds of incense and amomum and cyphi, oenanthe, musk, and the skins of the exotic mouse fit the dissolute and loving nobody but a dissolute will negate.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative cȳphi
genitive cȳphis
dative cȳphī
accusative cȳphi
ablative cȳphī
vocative cȳphi

Descendants

  • >? Catalan: xufla, xufa
  • >? Spanish: chufa

Further reading

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