ἄπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same substrate root as ᾰ̓́πῐον (ắpĭon, pear) and Latin pirum (pear).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́πῐος • (ắpĭosm (genitive ᾰ̓πῐ́ου); second declension

  1. pear tree (Pyrus communis)
  2. kind of spurge (Euphorbia apios)
    Synonyms: ἰσχᾰ́ς (iskhắs), χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος (khămairắphănos)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄπῐον (> VAR > ἄπιος)”, 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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