noun · masculinethird declension
pīpiō1
pīpiō m (genitive pīpiōnis)
Classical[ˈpiː.pi.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiː.pi.o]
Meaning
- Late Latinchirping bird
- Late Latinsquab
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pīpiō | pīpiōnēs |
| genitive | pīpiōnis | pīpiōnum |
| dative | pīpiōnī | pīpiōnibus |
| accusative | pīpiōnem | pīpiōnēs |
| ablative | pīpiōne | pīpiōnibus |
| vocative | pīpiō | pīpiōnēs |
pīpĭo, ōnis, m.,
I. a young piping or chirping bird, a squab:
servos habuit vectigales qui eos (palumbes) ex ovis et pullicenis ac pipionibus alerent, from the produce of the eggs and chickens, Lampr. Alex. Sever. 41.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin pīpiō From pīpiō (“to chirp”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix).
Italo-Romance
- Italianpippione
- Spanishpipiolofrom Italian pippione
- Italianpiccionefrom Neapolitan piccione
- ItalianPiccionefrom Sicilian picciuni
- Maltesebeċċunfrom Sicilian picciuni
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchpigeonfrom Old French pyjon
- Englishpigeonfrom Old French pyjon
- Franco-Provençalpinjon
- Franc-Comtoispindjonfrom Old French pyjon
- Normanpigeonfrom Old French pyjon
- Picardpenjonfrom Old French pyjon
- Scotspigeonfrom Old French pyjon
- Lorrainpîvion
- Old Occitanpepion
North Italian
- Lombardpivion
- Piedmontesepivion
In English words that came into English from pīpiō
- pigeonpīpiō