apis
Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis
Declension[edit]
| nominative | apis |
|---|---|
| genitive | apisniñ |
| dative | apiske |
| accusative | apisni |
| locative | apiste |
| ablative | apisten |
Synonyms[edit]
Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.[1] Possibly borrowed from a reduced Semitic form *aj,[2] ultimately from Ancient Egyptian /ˁfj/ ‘bee’.[3] Phonetically impossible is any connection with Proto-Indo-European *bʰi- which gave instead fūcus ‘drone’. Other theories speculate an Oscan-Umbrian loan from an original *akuis (“sharp, stinging”) (e.g. Latin aqui- (“sharp”) in aquifolius, aquilinus); however, even though the Osco-Umbrian reflex of Proto-Indo-European labiovelar */kʷ/ that gives Latin <qu> is regularly /p/, an Oscan akrid ‘sharply’[4] makes this doubtful. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *a(m)p-i- (“stinging insect; bee”), related to German Imme (“bee; swarm of bees”), Old English imbe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis f (genitive apis); third declension
- A bee.
- 2 CE, Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.95:
- aut ut apēs saltusque suos et olentia nactae / pascua per flōrēs et thyma summa volant
- or as the bees, when they have found plants to plunder of their honey, hover hither and thither among the thyme and the flowers
- aut ut apēs saltusque suos et olentia nactae / pascua per flōrēs et thyma summa volant
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apis | apēs |
| Genitive | apis | apium |
| Dative | apī | apibus |
| Accusative | apem | apēs apīs |
| Ablative | ape | apibus |
| Vocative | apis | apēs |
Derived terms[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 47.
- ^ Linus Brunner, Die gemeinsamen Wurzeln des semitischen und indogermanischen Wortschatzes: Versuch einer Etymologie (Bern/Munich: Francke Verlag, 1969), n. 42.
- ^ Theo Vennemann, “Germania Semitica: Biene und Imme: Mit einem Anhang zu lat. apis”, Sprachwissenschaft 23 (1998): 471–87.
- ^ de Vaan, EDLIL, 2008, 22.
- apis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- apis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- apis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- apis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- apis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Occitan[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan noun forms
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Latin terms derived from Semitic languages
- Latin terms derived from Egyptian
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Oscan
- Latin terms derived from Umbrian
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with audio links
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
- Latin terms with quotations
- la:Insects
- Occitan non-lemma forms
- Occitan noun forms
