ἄπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Latin pirum (“pear”) and considered to be a Mediterranean substrate loanword of the form *(V)pis-.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́πῐον • (ắpĭon) n (genitive ᾰ̓πῐ́ου); second declension

  1. pear
    Synonym: ἀχράς (akhrás)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́πῐον; τοῦ ᾰ̓πῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́πῐον
tò ắpĭon 		τὼ ᾰ̓πῐ́ω
tṑ ăpĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́πῐᾰ
tằ ắpĭă
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓πῐ́ου
toû ăpĭ́ou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐ́οιν
toîn ăpĭ́oin 		τῶν ᾰ̓πῐ́ων
tôn ăpĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓πῐ́ῳ
tōî ăpĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐ́οιν
toîn ăpĭ́oin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓πῐ́οις
toîs ăpĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́πῐον
tò ắpĭon 		τὼ ᾰ̓πῐ́ω
tṑ ăpĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́πῐᾰ
tằ ắpĭă
Vocative ᾰ̓́πῐον
ắpĭon 		ᾰ̓πῐ́ω
ăpĭ́ō 		ᾰ̓́πῐᾰ
ắpĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ᾰ̓́πῐον • (ắpĭon)

  1. accusative singular of ᾰ̓́πῐος (ắpĭos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄπῐον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116

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