πέπερις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See πέπερι (péperi)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

πέπερις • (péperis) m or f (genitive πεπέριδος)

1. (masculine) black pepper

   Synonym: πέπερι (péperi)

2. (feminine) pepper tree

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πέπερῐς; τοῦ, τῆς πεπέρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πέπερῐς ho, hē péperĭs	τὼ πεπέρῐδε tṑ pepérĭde	οἱ, αἱ πεπέρῐδες hoi, hai pepérĭdes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πεπέρῐδος toû, tês pepérĭdos	τοῖν πεπερῐ́δοιν toîn peperĭ́doin	τῶν πεπερῐ́δων tôn peperĭ́dōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πεπέρῐδῐ tôi, têi pepérĭdĭ	τοῖν πεπερῐ́δοιν toîn peperĭ́doin	τοῖς, ταῖς πεπέρῐσῐ / πεπέρῐσῐν toîs, taîs pepérĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πέπεριν tòn, tḕn péperin	τὼ πεπέρῐδε tṑ pepérĭde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πεπέρῐδᾰς toùs, tā̀s pepérĭdăs
Vocative	πέπερῐς péperĭs	πεπέρῐδε pepérĭde	πεπέρῐδες pepérĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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