ἄπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same substrate root as ᾰ̓́πῐον (ắpĭon, “pear”) and Latin pirum (“pear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.pi.os/ → /ˈa.pi.os/ → /ˈa.pi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.pi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.os/

Noun

ᾰ̓́πῐος • (ắpĭos) m (genitive ᾰ̓πῐ́ου); second declension

1. pear tree (Pyrus communis)
2. kind of spurge (Euphorbia apios)

   Synonyms: ἰσχᾰ́ς (iskhắs), χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος (khămairắphănos)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́πῐος; τῆς ᾰ̓πῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́πῐος hē ắpĭos	τὼ ᾰ̓πῐ́ω tṑ ăpĭ́ō	αἱ ᾰ̓́πῐοι hai ắpĭoi
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓πῐ́ου tês ăpĭ́ou	τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐ́οιν toîn ăpĭ́oin	τῶν ᾰ̓πῐ́ων tôn ăpĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓πῐ́ῳ tēî ăpĭ́ōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓πῐ́οιν toîn ăpĭ́oin	ταῖς ᾰ̓πῐ́οις taîs ăpĭ́ois
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́πῐον tḕn ắpĭon	τὼ ᾰ̓πῐ́ω tṑ ăpĭ́ō	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πῐ́ους tā̀s ăpĭ́ous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́πῐε ắpĭe	ᾰ̓πῐ́ω ăpĭ́ō	ᾰ̓́πῐοι ắpĭoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄπιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄπιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄπιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• ἄπιος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011