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 pepéri		 τὼ πεπέρει
tṑ pepérei		 τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ
tà pepéria
Genitive τοῦ πεπέρεως
toû pepéreōs		 τοῖν πεπερέοιν
toîn peperéoin		 τῶν πεπέρεων
tôn pepéreōn
Dative τῷ πεπέρει
tôi pepérei		 τοῖν πεπερέοιν
toîn peperéoin		 τοῖς πεπέρεσῐ / πεπέρεσῐν
toîs pepéresi(n)
Accusative τὸ πεπέρῐ
tò pepéri		 τὼ πεπέρει
tṑ pepérei		 τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ
tà pepéria
Vocative πεπέρῐ
pepéri		 πεπέρει
pepérei		 πεπέρῐᾰ
pepéria
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • μακροπέπερι (makropéperi)
  • ὀξῠπέπερῐ (oxupéperi)
  • πεπερᾶτος (peperâtos)
  • πεπέριον (pepérion)
  • πεπερίζω (peperízō)
  • 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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