apis

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[edit] Noun

apis m.

  1. Plural form of api.

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[edit] Noun

apis

  1. prison

[edit] Declension

Nominative
apis
Genitive
apisniñ
Dative
apiske
Accusative
apisni
Locative
apiste
Ablative
apisten

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[edit] Latin

apis (a bee)
apis (a bee)

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[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.

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