pirus

Latin

Etymology

See pirum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rus/, [ˈpɪrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.rus/, [ˈpiːrus]

Noun

pirus f (genitive pirī); second declension

1. a pear-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pirus	pirī
Genitive	pirī	pirōrum
Dative	pirō	pirīs
Accusative	pirum	pirōs
Ablative	pirō	pirīs
Vocative	pire	pirī

Synonyms

• (a pear-tree): pirārius (Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• pirārium (Medieval Latin)

Related terms

• pirum

Descendants

• Translingual (binominal nomenclature): Pyrus
• Aromanian: per
• Italian: pero

• Romanian: păr
• Spanish: pero

References

• “pĭrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pirus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pirus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pirus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “pirus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Further reading

• pyrus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la