ἄπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same substrate root of ἄπῐον (ápĭon, “pear”) and Latin pirum (“pear”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄπῐος • (ápĭos) m (genitive ἀπῐ́ου); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄπῐος; τοῦ ἀπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἄπῐος
ho ápĭos 		τὼ ἀπῐ́ω
tṑ apĭ́ō 		οἱ ἄπῐοι
hoi ápĭoi
Genitive τοῦ ἀπῐ́ου
toû apĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἀπῐ́οιν
toîn apĭ́oin 		τῶν ἀπῐ́ων
tôn apĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἀπῐ́ῳ
tōî apĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἀπῐ́οιν
toîn apĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἀπῐ́οις
toîs apĭ́ois
Accusative τὸν ἄπῐον
tòn ápĭon 		τὼ ἀπῐ́ω
tṑ apĭ́ō 		τοὺς ἀπῐ́ους
toùs apĭ́ous
Vocative ἄπῐε
ápĭe 		ἀπῐ́ω
apĭ́ō 		ἄπῐοι
ápĭoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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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