pipio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.pi.o]

Etymology 1

Of imitative origin.

Verb

pīpiō (present infinitive pīpiāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

2. to chirp, to pipe

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pīpiō (first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pīpiō		pīpiās		pīpiat		pīpiāmus		pīpiātis		pīpiant
	imperfect	pīpiābam		pīpiābās		pīpiābat		pīpiābāmus		pīpiābātis		pīpiābant
	future	pīpiābō		pīpiābis		pīpiābit		pīpiābimus		pīpiābitis		pīpiābunt
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pīpiem		pīpiēs		pīpiet		pīpiēmus		pīpiētis		pīpient
	imperfect	pīpiārem		pīpiārēs		pīpiāret		pīpiārēmus		pīpiārētis		pīpiārent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pīpiā		—		—		pīpiāte		—
	future	—		pīpiātō		pīpiātō		—		pīpiātōte		pīpiantō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pīpiāre			—			pīpiāns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pīpiandī		pīpiandō		pīpiandum		pīpiandō		—		—

Etymology 2

From the previous verb.

Verb

pīpiō (present infinitive pīpiāre, perfect active pīpiāvī, supine pīpiātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to whimper
2. (transitive) to pour out (whimpers)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pīpiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pīpiō		pīpiās		pīpiat		pīpiāmus		pīpiātis		pīpiant
	imperfect	pīpiābam		pīpiābās		pīpiābat		pīpiābāmus		pīpiābātis		pīpiābant
	future	pīpiābō		pīpiābis		pīpiābit		pīpiābimus		pīpiābitis		pīpiābunt
	perfect	pīpiāvī		pīpiāvistī		pīpiāvit		pīpiāvimus		pīpiāvistis		pīpiāvērunt, pīpiāvēre
	pluperfect	pīpiāveram		pīpiāverās		pīpiāverat		pīpiāverāmus		pīpiāverātis		pīpiāverant
	future perfect	pīpiāverō		pīpiāveris		pīpiāverit		pīpiāverimus		pīpiāveritis		pīpiāverint
passive	present	pīpior		pīpiāris, pīpiāre		pīpiātur		pīpiāmur		pīpiāminī		pīpiantur
	imperfect	pīpiābar		pīpiābāris, pīpiābāre		pīpiābātur		pīpiābāmur		pīpiābāminī		pīpiābantur
	future	pīpiābor		pīpiāberis, pīpiābere		pīpiābitur		pīpiābimur		pīpiābiminī		pīpiābuntur
	perfect	pīpiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pīpiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pīpiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pīpiem		pīpiēs		pīpiet		pīpiēmus		pīpiētis		pīpient
	imperfect	pīpiārem		pīpiārēs		pīpiāret		pīpiārēmus		pīpiārētis		pīpiārent
	perfect	pīpiāverim		pīpiāverīs		pīpiāverit		pīpiāverīmus		pīpiāverītis		pīpiāverint
	pluperfect	pīpiāvissem		pīpiāvissēs		pīpiāvisset		pīpiāvissēmus		pīpiāvissētis		pīpiāvissent
passive	present	pīpier		pīpiēris, pīpiēre		pīpiētur		pīpiēmur		pīpiēminī		pīpientur
	imperfect	pīpiārer		pīpiārēris, pīpiārēre		pīpiārētur		pīpiārēmur		pīpiārēminī		pīpiārentur
	perfect	pīpiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pīpiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pīpiā		—		—		pīpiāte		—
	future	—		pīpiātō		pīpiātō		—		pīpiātōte		pīpiantō
passive	present	—		pīpiāre		—		—		pīpiāminī		—
	future	—		pīpiātor		pīpiātor		—		—		pīpiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pīpiāre			pīpiārī			pīpiāns			—
future		pīpiātūrum esse			pīpiātum īrī			pīpiātūrus			pīpiandus
perfect		pīpiāvisse			pīpiātum esse			—			pīpiātus
future perfect		—			pīpiātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pīpiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pīpiandī		pīpiandō		pīpiandum		pīpiandō		pīpiātum		pīpiātū

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Latin pīpiō

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin pīpiō

From pīpiō (“to chirp”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

pīpiō m (genitive pīpiōnis); third declension

2. (Late Latin) chirping bird
3. (Late Latin) squab

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pīpiō	pīpiōnēs
genitive	pīpiōnis	pīpiōnum
dative	pīpiōnī	pīpiōnibus
accusative	pīpiōnem	pīpiōnēs
ablative	pīpiōne	pīpiōnibus
vocative	pīpiō	pīpiōnēs

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pippione (archaic)
    • →⇒ Spanish: pipiolo
  • Neapolitan: piccione, peccione
    • → Italian: piccione (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: picciuni
    • → Maltese: beċċun
    • → Italian: (surname) Piccione
• North Italian:
  • Lombard: pivion
  • Piedmontese: pivion
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: pinjon
  • Old French: pyjon
    • Franc-Comtois: pindjon
    • French: pigeon
    • Norman: pigeon
    • Picard: penjon
    • → Middle English: pygeoun
      • English: pigeon
      • Scots: pigeon
  • Lorrain: pîvion
  • Old Occitan: pepion

References

• “pipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pipio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pīpio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 556