aper

English

Etymology

ape + -er

Noun

aper (plural apers)

  1. Someone who apes something
    • 1908, Rupert Sargent Holland, Builders of United Italy, page 175:
      Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German aber, from Old High German abar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːpɐ]
  • (file)

Adjective

aper (comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten)

  1. (Switzerland, Austria) snowless

Declension

Further reading

  • aper in Duden online

Latin

aper (a wild boar)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *veprь.

Pronunciation

Noun

aper m (genitive aprī); second declension

  1. a wild boar
  2. (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aper aprī
Genitive aprī aprōrum
Dative aprō aprīs
Accusative aprum aprōs
Ablative aprō aprīs
Vocative aper aprī

Derived terms

  • apra
  • aprārius
  • apriculus
  • aprīnus
  • aprūgnus
  • aprunculus

Descendants

  • Sardinian: apru

References

  • aper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • aper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

aper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of ape

Verb

aper

  1. present of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

aper m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of ape
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