"piper" meaning in Latin

See piper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpɪ.pɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpiː.per] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source, ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), itself of unknown origin (perhaps a Dravidian or other substrate language of the Indian subcontinent). The declension was changed to a rhotic-stem. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:πέπερῐ}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Indo-Aryan", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "inc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πέπερῐ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "piper", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="piper">, {{bor|la|grc|πέπερι|t=pepper}} Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), {{der|la|pal|-}} Middle Persian, {{der|la|inc|-}} Indo-Aryan, {{der|la|sa|पिप्पलि|t=long pepper}} Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), {{der|la|dra}} Dravidian, {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|piper/piper<3.N>}} piper n (genitive piperis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|piper/piper<3.N>}} Forms: piperis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], piper [nominative, singular], pipera [nominative, plural], piperis [genitive, singular], piperum [genitive, plural], piperī [dative, singular], piperibus [dative, plural], piper [accusative, singular], pipera [accusative, plural], pipere [ablative, singular], piperibus [ablative, plural], piper [singular, vocative], pipera [plural, vocative]
  1. pepper Tags: declension-3, neuter Derived forms: piperātārius, piperātōrium, piperātum, piperātus, piperita, piperō (english: bell pepper) Related terms: piperītis

Inflected forms

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          "word": "pepro"
        },
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          "word": "pepe"
        },
        {
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              "word": "pipi"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Calabrian",
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              "word": "pipe"
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          "word": "pipi"
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          "word": "pavver"
        },
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          "word": "péivar"
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          "word": "pévar"
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        {
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          "word": "pevar"
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        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
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          "word": "peiver"
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          "word": "pèivie"
        },
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          "word": "pèivre"
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          "word": "pibbyr"
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          "word": "piperātōrium"
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          "word": "piperātum"
        },
        {
          "word": "piperātus"
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          "translation": "bell pepper",
          "word": "piperō"
        }
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          "english": "...And, when they get dry, sprinkle mashed pepper on them, and serve. At the table, no one will know what they're eating.",
          "ref": "compiled by 5th century CE, Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.12",
          "text": "...Et, cum siccaverint, super aspargis piper tritum et inferes. Ad mensam nemo agnoscet quid manducet.",
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    },
    {
      "word": "piperātōrium"
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      "word": "piperātum"
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    {
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      "word": "piperō"
    }
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        "plural"
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      "form": "piperī",
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        [
          "piperī",
          "piperi#Latin"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "pipere",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "piperibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "piper",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "plural",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "piperītis"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Dravidian languages",
        "Latin terms derived from Indo-Aryan languages",
        "Latin terms derived from Middle Persian",
        "Latin terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 13 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "la:Spices and herbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...And, when they get dry, sprinkle mashed pepper on them, and serve. At the table, no one will know what they're eating.",
          "ref": "compiled by 5th century CE, Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 4.12",
          "text": "...Et, cum siccaverint, super aspargis piper tritum et inferes. Ad mensam nemo agnoscet quid manducet.",
          "translation": "...And, when they get dry, sprinkle mashed pepper on them, and serve. At the table, no one will know what they're eating.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɪ.pɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiː.per]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.