πέπερι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pepper]], [[Piper nigrum]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.277</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1458a15</span>, Dsc.2.159, etc.: gen. πεπέρεως <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.9.381b</span>; πεπέριος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.20.2</span> : pl., τὰ τρία πεπέρια Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>67 : other forms imply nom. πέπερις, ὁ, gen. τοῦ πεπέριδος <span class="bibl">Eub.128</span>; dat. πεπέριδι <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.48</span>; acc. πέπεριν <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>332</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>876</span>; gen. pl. πεπερίδων <span class="bibl">Ath.9.376d</span>: also fem., <b class="b3">αἱ πεπέριδες</b> [[pepper-trees]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>3.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. πρόμηκες, μακρόν</b>, [[long pepper]], [[Piper officinarum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.20.1</span>, Dsc. 2.159. (Gen. sg. πιπέρεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Stud.Pal.</span>20.27.3</span> (ii/iii A. D.).)</span>

|elnltext=πέπερι -ιος en -εως, τό, Ion. gen. -εος, peper.

|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. [[peppered fish broth]], <b class="b3">μακρο-πέπερι</b> n. [[long pepper]] (medic.),<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">-ις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. [[pepper tree]] (Philostr. VA). -- From it [[πιπερῖτις]] f. plantname [[siliquastrum]] (Plin. etc.; after the taste, Strömberg Pfl. 63); [[πεπερίζω]] <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.