(Subst.adj.) : Cȳprus (-ŏs), i, f., = Κύπρος
* An island in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, renowned for its fruitfulness, its rich mines, especially of copper, and for the worship of Venus, Mel. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; id. Fam. 15, 4, 15; Hor. C. 1, 3, 1; 1, 19, 10; Ov. M. 10, 270 et saep.
* Hence
* Cȳprĭus, a, um, adj., Cyprian: merces,Hor. C. 3, 29, 60: trabs,id. ib. 1, 1, 13: tellus,i. e. Cyprus,Ov. M. 10, 645: laurus,Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 127 et saep.— But esp. freq. Cyprium aes, also absol.: Cȳprĭum, ii, n. (late Lat. cuprum, Spart. Carac. 9, hence), Engl. copper, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Isid. Orig. 16, 20, 2.—Hence
* Cȳ-prĭus, a, um, adj., of copper, copper-: in mortariis,Plin. 33, 5, 29, § 93: vas,id. 23, 3, 37, § 74 Jan. and Sillig (al. cypreo): in pyxide,id. 28, 8, 27, § 95; cf.: pyxide aeris Cyprii,Scrib. Comp. 37: pes Cyprios, in versification, ˘¯˘˘¯,Diom. 3, p. 479.
* Cȳprĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Cyprian: laurus,Cato, R. R. 8, 2.
* Cȳprĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: expeditio,Val. Max. 4, 3, n. 2: tauri,Capitol. Gord. 3 fin.
* Cȳpris, ĭdis, f., the Cyprian, i. e. Venus (in post-class. poetry), Aus. Epigr. 57; 106 al.
* In plur.: Cȳprii, ōrum, m., the Cyprians, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 208; Curt. 4, 3, 11.

Feminine Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Cyprus (Fem), ref: PIR C 1646 | PIR ID5203
• Cyprus (Fem), ref: PIR C 1647 | PIR ID5204

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s. TLL