πέπερι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.pe.ri/ → /ˈpe.pe.ri/ → /ˈpe.pe.ri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.pe.ri/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ri/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pe.ri/

Noun

πέπερι • (péperi) n (genitive πεπέρεως or πεπέριος, diminutive πεπέριον)

1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae)
2. (specifically) black pepper (Piper nigrum)
3. pepper (spice)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεπέρῐ; τοῦ πεπέρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεπέρῐ tò pepéri	τὼ πεπέρει tṑ pepérei	τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ tà pepéria
Genitive	τοῦ πεπέρεως toû pepéreōs	τοῖν πεπερέοιν toîn peperéoin	τῶν πεπέρεων tôn pepéreōn
Dative	τῷ πεπέρει tôi pepérei	τοῖν πεπερέοιν toîn peperéoin	τοῖς πεπέρεσῐ / πεπέρεσῐν toîs pepéresi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πεπέρῐ tò pepéri	τὼ πεπέρει tṑ pepérei	τᾰ̀ πεπέρῐᾰ tà pepéria
Vocative	πεπέρῐ pepéri	πεπέρει pepérei	πεπέρῐᾰ pepéria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μακροπέπερι (makropéperi)
• ὀξῠπέπερῐ (oxupéperi)
• πεπερᾶτος (peperâtos)
• πεπέριον (pepérion)
• πεπερίζω (peperízō)
• πέπερις (péperis)
• πεπερόγαρον (peperógaron)
• πεπερόζωμος (peperózōmos)

Descendants

• Greek: πιπέρι (pipéri) (see there for further descendants); πιπεριά (piperiá)
• Mariupol Greek: пипе́р (pipjér)
• → Latin: piper (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ New Latin: peperomia

Further reading

• “πέπερι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πέπερι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πέπερι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette