pirum
See also: pīrum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source, original form something like (a)pisom reflected also in Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́πῐον (ápion, “pear”) and ᾰ̓́πῐος (ápios, “pear tree”). Also compare Aramaic 𐡐𐡀𐡓𐡀 (pera, “fruit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rum/, [ˈpɪrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.rum/, [ˈpiːrum]
Noun edit
pirum n (genitive pirī); second declension
- a pear (fruit)
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pirum | pira |
Genitive | pirī | pirōrum |
Dative | pirō | pirīs |
Accusative | pirum | pira |
Ablative | pirō | pirīs |
Vocative | pirum | pira |
Derived terms edit
- perula (Medieval Latin)
- pirācium (noun)
- pirārius (adjective) (Medieval Latin)
- pirifōrmis (adjective)
Related terms edit
- pirus (“pear tree”)
Descendants edit
Descendants of pirum in other languages
- → Proto-Brythonic: *per (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *peru (see there for further descendants)
- → Irish: piorra
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- → Scottish Gaelic: peur
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pira (reanalyzed as feminine singular)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: [Term?] (diminutive)
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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, →ISBN, page 467