pirum
Latin
Etymology
A loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source, original form something like (a)pisom reflected also in Ancient Greek ἄπιον (ápion, “pear”) and ἄπιος (ápios, “pear tree”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rum/, [ˈpi.rũ]
Noun
pirum n (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear (fruit)
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pirum | pira |
| genitive | pirī | pirōrum |
| dative | pirō | pirīs |
| accusative | pirum | pira |
| ablative | pirō | pirīs |
| vocative | pirum | pira |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: pearã
- Catalan: pera
- Dalmatian: paira
- Danish: pære
- Dutch: peer
- English: pear
- Estonian: pirn
- French: poire
- Finnish: päärynä
References
- pĭrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pirum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pirum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pirum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 467
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