aper

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ape +‎ -er

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Noun[edit]

aper (plural apers)

  1. Someone who apes something
    • 1908, Rupert Sargent Holland, Builders of United Italy, page 175:
      Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar (sunny, warm, dry), from ā- (from, away, prefix) + bar (bare), likely via a defunct verb *ābarēn, *ābarōn (to lay bare, expose). Alternatively, from a verb *āberan (to not bear, not carry). Sense likely influenced by unrelated Latin aprīcus due to superficial similarity of form and meaning.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːpər/, [ˈʔaː.pɐ]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

aper (strong nominative masculine singular aperer, comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten)

  1. (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) snowless
    Synonym: (general) schneefrei

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Further reading[edit]

  • aper” in Duden online
  • aper” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin[edit]

aper (a wild boar)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *veprь.

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Noun[edit]

aper m (genitive aprī); second declension

  1. a wild boar
  2. (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aper aprī
Genitive aprī aprōrum
Dative aprō aprīs
Accusative aprum aprōs
Ablative aprō aprīs
Vocative aper aprī

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Descendants[edit]

  • Sardinian: apru
  • Italian: apro

References[edit]

  • aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

aper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of ape

Verb[edit]

aper

  1. present of ape

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Noun[edit]

aper m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of ape