pepo
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Compare pumpkin.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.pəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpi.poʊ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧po
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NounEdit
pepo (plural pepos)
- A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
- A plant producing such a fruit.
- 1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5 edition, page 25:
- The Papago claim that their ancient pepo would produce a mature, sweet melon if the ground were wet only once, while the "new" melons would not.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
kind of fruit
plant producing such a fruit
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EsperantoEdit
NounEdit
pepo (accusative singular pepon, plural pepoj, accusative plural pepojn)
Related termsEdit
- pepi (“to chirp”)
GuaraníEdit
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pepo
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KaingangEdit
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pepo
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέσσω (péssō, “ripen”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pepō m (genitive peponis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pepō | peponēs |
| Genitive | peponis | peponum |
| Dative | peponī | peponibus |
| Accusative | peponem | peponēs |
| Ablative | pepone | peponibus |
| Vocative | pepō | peponēs |
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
pepo (n class, plural pepo) or pepo (ma class, plural mapepo)
NounEdit
pepo