πέπερις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See πέπερι (péperi)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.pe.ris/ → /ˈpe.pe.ris/ → /ˈpe.pe.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.pe.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ris/

Noun

πέπερις • (péperis) m or f (genitive πεπέριδος)

1. (masculine) black pepper

   Synonym: πέπερι (péperi)

2. (feminine) pepper tree

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πέπερῐς; τοῦ, τῆς πεπέρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πέπερῐς ho, hē péperis	τὼ πεπέρῐδε tṑ pepéride	οἱ, αἱ πεπέρῐδες hoi, hai pepérides
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πεπέρῐδος toû, tês pepéridos	τοῖν πεπερῐ́δοιν toîn peperídoin	τῶν πεπερῐ́δων tôn peperídōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πεπέρῐδῐ tôi, têi pepéridi	τοῖν πεπερῐ́δοιν toîn peperídoin	τοῖς, ταῖς πεπέρῐσῐ / πεπέρῐσῐν toîs, taîs pepérisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πέπεριν tòn, tḕn péperin	τὼ πεπέρῐδε tṑ pepéride	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πεπέρῐδᾰς toùs, tā̀s pepéridas
Vocative	πέπερῐς péperis	πεπέρῐδε pepéride	πεπέρῐδες pepérides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “πέπερι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πέπερις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette