apis
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Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis
- plural form of api
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis
Declension[edit]
Declension of apis
| nominative | apis |
|---|---|
| genitive | apisniñ |
| dative | apiske |
| accusative | apisni |
| locative | apiste |
| ablative | apisten |
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Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly from Egyptian bjt (“honey bee”). Proto-Indo-European *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 Proto-Indo-European flora). Other theories speculate on Osco-Umbrian borrowing, from an original *akuis (“sharp, stinging”) (confer Latin aqui- in aquifolius, aquilinus; Osco-Umbrian reflex of Proto-Indo-European labiovelar */kʷ/ that gives Latin <qu> is regularly /p/).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
apis f (genitive apis); third declension
- A bee.
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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
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Inflection[edit]
Third declension i-stem.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apis | apēs |
| genitive | apis | apium |
| dative | apī | apibus |
| accusative | apem | apēs apīs |
| ablative | ape | apibus |
| vocative | apis | apēs |
