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abies

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English

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Etymology

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From the genus name Abies.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.biˌiz/, /ˈæ.biˌiz/

Noun

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abies (plural abies)

  1. A tree of the genus Abies.
  2. A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abies.

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abies m (plural abies)

  1. (archaic) a fir tree

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Latin

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abiēs (a silver fir)

Etymology

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Usually connected with the Ancient Greek hapax ἄβιν (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”), both reflecting a root *abi-, ultimately likely from a substrate source.[1][2]

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Noun

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abiēs f (genitive abietis); third declension

  1. the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
  2. (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abiēs abietēs
Genitive abietis abietum
Dative abietī abietibus
Accusative abietem abietēs
Ablative abiete abietibus
Vocative abiēs abietēs

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Descendants

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Reflexes of an assumed variant *abētem:[3] (cf. parētem < parietem)

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “abiēs, -etis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄβιν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5
  3. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “abies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 32

Further reading

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  • “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “abies”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • abies 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)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Etymology

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E.D.D. suggests all-be-as, but see byes. The development of meaning in 3. seems a recent extension.

Preposition

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abies

  1. In comparison with.
  2. In addition to, besides.
  3. except

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