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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.,<br />Meaning: [[pepper]] (Eub., Antiph., Arist.);<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">-ις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> m.<br />Dialectal forms: (rarely <b class="b3">πί-</b>), <b class="b3">-ιος</b>, <b class="b3">-εως</b><br />Compounds: Few compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πιπερό-γαρον</b> n. <b class="b2">peppered fish broth</b>, <b class="b3">μακρο-πέπερι</b> n. <b class="b2">long pepper</b> (medic.),<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">-ις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. <b class="b2">pepper tree</b> (Philostr. VA). -- From it <b class="b3">πιπερῖτις</b> f. plantname [[siliquastrum]] (Plin. etc.; after the taste, Strömberg Pfl. 63); <b class="b3">πεπερίζω</b> <b class="b2">to taste like p.</b> (Dsc.)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Orient<br />Etymology: Orient. LW [loanword], first from MInd. [[pipparī]] (Skt. [ep. cl.] <b class="b2">-lī</b>) f. of unknown origin; s. Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">píppalam</b> m. further details a. lit. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[piper]], from where NHG [[Pfeffer]] etc.

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