See also: pīrum

Latin

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Etymology

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A loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source, original form something like (a)pisom reflected also in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́πῐον (ápion, pear) and ᾰ̓́πῐος (ápios, pear tree). Also compare Aramaic 𐡐𐡀𐡓𐡀 (pera, fruit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pirum n (genitive pirī); second declension

  1. a pear (fruit)
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Inflection

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pirum pira
genitive pirī pirōrum
dative pirō pirīs
accusative pirum pira
ablative pirō pirīs
vocative pirum pira

Derived terms

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References

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  • pĭrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pirum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pirum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pirum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 467
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