πέπερι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πέπερι • (péperi) n (genitive πεπέρεως or πεπέριος, diminutive πεπέριον)

  1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae)
  2. (specifically) black pepper (Piper nigrum)
  3. pepper (spice)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεπέρῐ; τοῦ πεπέρεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πεπέρῐ
tò pepérĭ 		τὼ πεπέρει
tṑ pepérei 		τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ
tằ pepérĭă
Genitive τοῦ πεπέρεως
toû pepéreōs 		τοῖν πεπερέοιν
toîn peperéoin 		τῶν πεπέρεων
tôn pepéreōn
Dative τῷ πεπέρει
tōî pepérei 		τοῖν πεπερέοιν
toîn peperéoin 		τοῖς πεπέρεσῐ / πεπέρεσῐν
toîs pepéresĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ πεπέρῐ
tò pepérĭ 		τὼ πεπέρει
tṑ pepérei 		τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ
tằ pepérĭă
Vocative πεπέρῐ
pepérĭ 		πεπέρει
pepérei 		πεπέρῐᾰ
pepérĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • μακροπέπερι (makropéperi)
  • ὀξῠπέπερῐ (oxŭpéperĭ)
  • πεπερᾶτος (peperâtos)
  • πεπερίζω (peperízō)
  • πεπέριον (pepérion)
  • πέπερις (péperis)
  • πεπερόγαρον (peperógaron)
  • πεπερόζωμος (peperózōmos)

Descendants

  • Greek: πιπέρι (pipéri) (see there for further descendants); πιπεριά (piperiá)
  • Mariupol Greek: пипе́р (pipjér)
  • → Latin: piper (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ New Latin: peperomia

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέπερι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1173-4

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