Cupra

A surname of Juno in Etruria. She had a temple near Firmum Picenum. The name is said to derive from a town, but it may be connected with the Sabine word cyprus, which, according to Varro,1 signified good, and also occurs in the name of Vicus Cyprius.

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References

Notes

  1. On the Latin Language v, 159.

Sources

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Vollmer, Wilhelm. (1874). Wörterbuch der Mythologie. Stuttgart, p. 149.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.