LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

abiēs

abiēs f (genitive abietis)
Classical[ˈa.bi.eːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.bi.es]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
  2. poeticanything made of deal (fir wood)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

arbor alta et rēcta, quae numquam folia āmittit; fōrmā ad caelum it.
abiēs -etis f — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabiēsabietēs
genitiveabietisabietum
dativeabietīabietibus
accusativeabietemabietēs
ablativeabieteabietibus
vocativeabiēsabietēs

ăbĭēs, ĕtis (abietis, abiete, trisyllabic in poet., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; Verg. A. 2, 16 al.; so, abietibus, quadrisyl. sometimes, as Verg. A. 9, 674), f. etym. uncer., perh. akin to ἀλδαίνω; cf. ἐλάτη = pinus,
I. the silver-fir: Pinus picea, Linn.: ἐλάτη, the tree as well as the wood of it, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48; Pall. 12, 15, 1: abies consternitur alta, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 Vahl.): crispa, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 117 ib.): enodis, Ov. M. 10. 94. In Verg., on account of its dark foliage, called nigra: nigrā abiete, A. 3, 599: abietibus patriis aequi juvenes, tall as their native firs, id. ib. 9, 674 (imitation of Hom. ll. 5, 560: ἐλάτῃσιν ἐοικότες ὑψηλῇσιν).—
II. Poet., meton. (cf. Quint. 8, 6, 20), like the Greek ἐλάτη, any thing made of fir.
1. = epistula, a letter (written on a tablet of fir), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 66 (cf. Engl. book, i. e. beech).—
2. = navis, a ship, Verg. G. 2, 68; id. A. 8, 91; cf. id. ib. 5, 663.—
3. = hasta, a lance, Verg. A. 11, 667.

Origins

Usually connected with the Ancient Greek hapax ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”), both reflecting a root *abi-, ultimately likely from a substrate source.

Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishabetofrom Aragonese abet
  • Portugueseabetofrom Aragonese abet
  • Spanishabetefrom Aragonese abet
  • Asturianabetufrom Aragonese abet
  • Galicianabetofrom Aragonese abet
  • Galicianpinabetefrom Aragonese abet
  • Tagalogabetofrom Aragonese abet
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanavet
  • Occitanavetfrom Old Occitan abet
Borrowings
  • Englishabietic
  • Frenchabies
  • Esperantoabio
  • Idoabieto
Italo-Romance
  • Italianabéte
  • Neapolitanapeto
  • Sicilianabbitu
Dalmatian Romance
  • Istriotalbèo
  • Istriotàlbio
Padanian
  • Emilianaved
  • Ligurianaveo
  • Ligurianavé
  • Romagnolabét
  • Romagnolabēt
  • Venetanalbeo

Quick answers

What does abiēs mean in Latin?
abiēs, a noun, means “the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood; anything made of deal (fir wood)”.
What is the genitive of abiēs?
The genitive singular is abietis. abiēs is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce abiēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈa.bi.eːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.bi.es].