aper
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
aper (plural apers)
- Someone who apes something
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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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Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
someone who apes something — see imitator
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz (whence German Eber), Proto-Slavic *veprь (whence Serbo-Croatian vepar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aper m (genitive aprī); second declension
- a wild boar
- (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions
Inflection[edit]
Second declension, nominative singular in -er.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | aper | aprī |
genitive | aprī | aprōrum |
dative | aprō | aprīs |
accusative | aprum | aprōs |
ablative | aprō | aprīs |
vocative | aper1 | aprī |
1May also be apre.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Sardinian: apru
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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
aper m, f
- indefinite plural of ape
Verb[edit]
aper
- present tense of ape
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
aper m, f
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin second declension nouns
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