apis

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Contents 1 Catalan 1.1 Noun 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.1.2 Synonyms 3 Latin 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Pronunciation 3.4 Noun 3.4.1 Inflection 3.4.2 Derived terms 3.4.3 Descendants 3.4.4 See also

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

apis m.

1. Plural form of api.

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

apis

1. prison

[edit] Declension

Nominative apis

Genitive apisniñ

Dative apiske

Accusative apisni

Locative apiste

Ablative apisten

[edit] Synonyms

• türme

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative spellings

• apes

[edit] Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly of Ancient Egyptian origin, where in hieroglyphs it was rendered as bj.t (“‘honey bee’”) (.t is common Afro-Asiatic feminine postfix). PIE root *bʰi- reconstructible from Germanic and Balto-Slavic evidence gave Old English bēo (English bee), but would have entered the Latin then as the reduced form /af/ from /?fj/. Alternatively, one can assume modification of initial obstruent due to a taboo (common for PIE flora). Other theories speculate on Osco-Umbrian borrowing, from an original *akuis (confer Latin aqui- in aquifolius, aquilinus; Osco-Umbrian reflex of PIE labiovelar */kʷ/ that gives Latin /qu/ is regularly /p/).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.pis/

[edit] Noun

apis (genitive apis); f, third declension

1. A bee.

[edit] Inflection

• The genitive plural is apium.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	apis	apēs
genitive	apis	apium
dative	apī	apibus
accusative	apem	apēs 1
ablative	ape	apibus
vocative	apis	apēs

¹ May also be apīs.

[edit] Derived terms

apiānus apiārius apiastra

apīcius apicula apium

[edit] Descendants

• Italian: ape

[edit] See also

• mel