apis

See also: APIs, Apis, and apɨš

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈa.pis]

Noun

apis

1. plural of api

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧pis

Noun

apis

1. prison

   Synonym: türme

Declension

Declension of apis

	singular	plural
nominative	apis	apisler
genitive	apisniñ	apislerniñ
dative	apiske	apislerge
accusative	apisni	apislerni
locative	apiste	apislerde
ablative	apisten	apislerden

References

• “apis”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Latin

apis

Alternative forms

• apēs

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally hypothesized as from Proto-Indo-European *e/a(m)p-i- (“stinging insect; bee”), related to Ancient Greek ἐμπίς (empís, “stinging or biting insect”), German Imme (“bee; swarm of bees”), and Old English imbe (“swarm of bees”). However, it has characteristics of a European substrate word. Any connection with Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (whence fūcus (“drone”)) is phonetically impossible.

According to Vennemann’s Atlantic substrate theory, the ultimate source may be a Semitic word cognate with Egyptian ꜥfj (“bee”), though no attested Semitic cognates survive. De Vaan finds this plausible. Another hypothesis suggests an Osco-Umbrian loan from an original *akuis (“sharp, stinging”), as the Osco-Umbrian reflex of the Proto-Indo-European labiovelar */kʷ/ that gives Latin ⟨qu⟩ is regularly /p/; compare aqui- (“sharp”) in aquifolius and aquilinus. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.pɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.pis]

Noun

apis f (genitive apis); third declension

1. bee (insect of the clade Anthophila)
   • 2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 1.95:

     Aut ut apēs saltūsque suōs et olentia nactae / pāscua 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.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	apis	apēs
genitive	apis	apum apium
dative	apī	apibus
accusative	apem	apēs apīs
ablative	ape	apibus
vocative	apis	apēs

Derived terms

• apiāgo
• apian
• apiānus
• apiārium
• apiārius
• apiastra
• apīcius
• apicola
• apicula
• apium

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:

    Logudorese: abe

    Nuorese: ape

    Campidanese: abi

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: apa, aba, abba
  • Dalmatian: iuopa
  • Italian: ape
  • Neapolitan: apa, lapa
  • Sassarese: abi, aba
  • Sicilian: apa, lapa
  • Venetan: ava
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: âf, âv
  • Ladin: eva, ê
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: èv
  • Piedmontese: aif
  • Romagnol: êva, eva (Ville Unite)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: âp
  • Gascon: aps
  • Old French: ef, e, ep
    • French: é
    • Picard: é

See also

• crabro
• mel
• vespa

References

• “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman 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

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.pɪs/
• Rhymes: -aːpɪs

Noun

apis m (plural apsijiet) (Gozo)

1. alternative form of lapes

Occitan

Noun

apis

1. plural of api