noun · neuterthird declension
piper
piper n (genitive piperis)
Classical[ˈpɪ.pɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiː.per]
Meaning
- neuterpepper
...Et, cum siccaverint, super aspargis piper tritum et inferes. Ad mensam nemo agnoscet quid manducet.
...And, when they get dry, sprinkle mashed pepper on them, and serve. At the table, no one will know what they're eating.compiled by 5th century CE, Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | piper | pipera |
| genitive | piperis | piperum |
| dative | piperī | piperibus |
| accusative | piper | pipera |
| ablative | pipere | piperibus |
| vocative | piper | pipera |
pĭper, pĭpĕris, n., = πέπερι (Sanscr. pippali or pippalī, the same),
I. pepper.
I. Lit., Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26 sq.; Cels. 2, 27:
et piper et quicquid chartis amicitur ineptis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270; Ov. A. A. 2, 417; Juv. 14, 293: rugosum piper, Pers. 5, 55: sacrum piper, a term intimating that the miser is as sparing of it as if it were something sacred, id. 6, 21.—II. Trop., of sharp, biting speech:
piper, non homo, Petr. 44; Hier. Ep. 31, n. 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
piper peris, n
, πέπερι, pepper, H., O., Iu.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source, ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), itself of unknown origin (perhaps a Dravidian or other substrate language of the Indian subcontinent). The declension was changed to a rhotic-stem.
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanpebre
- Spanishpebrefrom Catalan pebre
- Occitanpebre
- Aragonesepebre
- Galicianprebefrom Catalan pebre
- Gasconpéberfrom Occitan pebre
- Gasconpúberfrom Occitan pebre
- Valadaspiórefrom Occitan pebre
- Valadaspiòurefrom Occitan pebre
Southern Romance
- Sardinianpibere
- Sardinianpibiri
- Sardinianpipere
- African Romancepiper
Italo-Romance
- Italianpepe
- Dalmatianpepro
- Calabrianpipifrom Sicilian pipi
- Calabrianpipefrom Sicilian pipi
Padanian
- Italianpevere
- Emilianpavver
- Emilianpéivar
- Emilianpévar
- Emilianpeuvre
- Friulianpevar
- Ladinpeiver
- Ligurianpèivie
- Ligurianpèivre
- Ligurianpèive
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchpoivrefrom Old French poivre
- Franco-Provençalpêvro
- Franco-Provençalpèivro
- Normanpaîvrefrom Old French poivre
- Normanpêvrefrom Old French poivre
- Normanpevrfrom Old French poivre
- Walloonpoevrîfrom Old French poivre
Elsewhere
- Basquepiperra
- Proto-West Germanic*pipar
- Irishpiobarfrom Middle Irish pipur
- Manxpibbyrfrom Middle Irish pipur
- Scottish Gaelicpeabarfrom Middle Irish pipur
- Scottish Gaelicpiobarfrom Middle Irish pipur
- Proto-Slavic*pьpьrь
- TranslingualPiper
- Welshpupur