ἄπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Latin pirum (“pear”) and considered to be a Mediterranean substrate loanword of the form *(V)pis-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.pi.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi.on/

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Noun

ἄπιον • (ápion) n (genitive ἀπίου); second declension

pear

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄπιον; τοῦ ἀπίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄπιον tò ápion	τὼ ἀπίω tṑ apíō	τᾰ̀ ἄπιᾰ tà ápia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀπίου toû apíou	τοῖν ἀπίοιν toîn apíoin	τῶν ἀπίων tôn apíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀπίῳ tôi apíōi	τοῖν ἀπίοιν toîn apíoin	τοῖς ἀπίοις toîs apíois
Accusative	τὸ ἄπιον tò ápion	τὼ ἀπίω tṑ apíō	τᾰ̀ ἄπιᾰ tà ápia
Vocative	ἄπιον ápion	ἀπίω apíō	ἄπιᾰ ápia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἄπιος (ápios)

Synonyms

ἀχράς (akhrás)