See piper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "piperra"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "*pipar"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "piobar"
},
{
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "pibbyr"
},
{
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "peabar"
},
{
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "piobar"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "pipur"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "*pьpьrь"
},
{
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"raw_tags": [
"learned borrowing",
"learned"
],
"word": "Piper"
},
{
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "pupur"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "grc:πέπερῐ"
},
"expansion": "[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\">",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πέπερι",
"t": "pepper"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pal",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Indo-Aryan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sa",
"3": "पिप्पलि",
"t": "long pepper"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dra"
},
"expansion": "Dravidian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "qfa-sub"
},
"expansion": "substrate",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "piperis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piperis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piperī",
"links": [
[
"piperī",
"piperi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pipere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "piper/piper<3.N>"
},
"expansion": "piper n (genitive piperis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "piper/piper<3.N>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 13 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Spices and herbs",
"orig": "la:Spices and herbs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "piperātārius"
},
{
"word": "piperātōrium"
},
{
"word": "piperātum"
},
{
"word": "piperātus"
},
{
"word": "piperita"
},
{
"english": "bell pepper",
"translation": "bell pepper",
"word": "piperō"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pepper"
],
"id": "en-piper-la-noun-jLvPKdnO",
"links": [
[
"pepper",
"pepper"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "piperītis"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɪ.pɛr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpiː.per]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "piper"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "piperātārius"
},
{
"word": "piperātōrium"
},
{
"word": "piperātum"
},
{
"word": "piperātus"
},
{
"word": "piperita"
},
{
"english": "bell pepper",
"translation": "bell pepper",
"word": "piperō"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "piperra"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "*pipar"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "piobar"
},
{
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "pibbyr"
},
{
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "peabar"
},
{
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "piobar"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "pipur"
},
{
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "*pьpьrь"
},
{
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"raw_tags": [
"learned borrowing",
"learned"
],
"word": "Piper"
},
{
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "pupur"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "grc:πέπερῐ"
},
"expansion": "[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\">",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "πέπερι",
"t": "pepper"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pal",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "inc",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Indo-Aryan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sa",
"3": "पिप्पलि",
"t": "long pepper"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dra"
},
"expansion": "Dravidian",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "qfa-sub"
},
"expansion": "substrate",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "piperis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piperis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piperī",
"links": [
[
"piperī",
"piperi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pipere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "piperibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "piper",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "pipera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "piper/piper<3.N>"
},
"expansion": "piper n (genitive piperis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "piper/piper<3.N>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "piperītis"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"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",
"la:Spices and herbs"
],
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pepper"
],
"links": [
[
"pepper",
"pepper"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɪ.pɛr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpiː.per]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "piper"
}
Download raw JSONL data for piper meaning in Latin (5.6kB)
{
"called_from": "query_wikidata_json",
"msg": "WIKIDATA QUERY failed",
"path": [
"piper",
"Template:etymon",
"#invoke",
"#invoke",
"Lua:Module:etymon:main()"
],
"section": "Latin",
"subsection": "",
"title": "piper",
"trace": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n<title>Wikimedia Error</title>\n<style>\n* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }\nbody { background: #fff; font: 15px/1.6 sans-serif; color: #333; }\n.content { margin: 7% auto 0; padding: 2em 1em 1em; max-width: 640px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; }\n.footer { clear: both; margin-top: 14%; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5; background: #f9f9f9; padding: 2em 0; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; }\nimg { margin: 0 2em 2em 0; }\na img { border: 0; }\nh1 { margin-top: 1em; font-size: 1.2em; }\n.content-text { flex: 1; }\np { margin: 0.7em 0 1em 0; }\na { color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; }\na:hover { text-decoration: underline; }\ncode { font-family: sans-serif; }\nsummary { font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; }\ndetails[open] { background: #970302; color: #dfdedd; }\n.text-muted { color: #777; }\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n a { color: #9e9eff; }\n body { background: transparent; color: #ddd; }\n .footer { border-top: 1px solid #444; background: #060606; }\n #logo { filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg); }\n .text-muted { color: #888; }\n}\n</style>\n<meta name=\"color-scheme\" content=\"light dark\">\n<div class=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<a href=\"https://www.wikimedia.org\"><img id=\"logo\" src=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo.png\" srcset=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo-2x.png 2x\" alt=\"Wikimedia\" width=\"135\" height=\"101\">\n</a>\n<div class=\"content-text\">\n<h1>Error</h1>\n\n<p>Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"footer\"><p>If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.</p><p class=\"text-muted\"><code>Request served via cp3073 cp3073, Varnish XID 385690541<br>Upstream caches: cp3073 int<br>Error: 429, Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81) at Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:26:06 GMT<br><details><summary>Sensitive client information</summary>IP address: 91.207.79.37</details></code></p>\n</div>\n</html>\n"
}
{
"called_from": "query_wikidata_json",
"msg": "WIKIDATA QUERY failed",
"path": [
"piper",
"Template:der",
"#invoke",
"#invoke",
"Lua:Module:etymology/templates:derived()"
],
"section": "Latin",
"subsection": "",
"title": "piper",
"trace": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n<title>Wikimedia Error</title>\n<style>\n* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }\nbody { background: #fff; font: 15px/1.6 sans-serif; color: #333; }\n.content { margin: 7% auto 0; padding: 2em 1em 1em; max-width: 640px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; }\n.footer { clear: both; margin-top: 14%; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5; background: #f9f9f9; padding: 2em 0; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; }\nimg { margin: 0 2em 2em 0; }\na img { border: 0; }\nh1 { margin-top: 1em; font-size: 1.2em; }\n.content-text { flex: 1; }\np { margin: 0.7em 0 1em 0; }\na { color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; }\na:hover { text-decoration: underline; }\ncode { font-family: sans-serif; }\nsummary { font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; }\ndetails[open] { background: #970302; color: #dfdedd; }\n.text-muted { color: #777; }\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n a { color: #9e9eff; }\n body { background: transparent; color: #ddd; }\n .footer { border-top: 1px solid #444; background: #060606; }\n #logo { filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg); }\n .text-muted { color: #888; }\n}\n</style>\n<meta name=\"color-scheme\" content=\"light dark\">\n<div class=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<a href=\"https://www.wikimedia.org\"><img id=\"logo\" src=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo.png\" srcset=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo-2x.png 2x\" alt=\"Wikimedia\" width=\"135\" height=\"101\">\n</a>\n<div class=\"content-text\">\n<h1>Error</h1>\n\n<p>Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"footer\"><p>If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.</p><p class=\"text-muted\"><code>Request served via cp3073 cp3073, Varnish XID 403441417<br>Upstream caches: cp3073 int<br>Error: 429, Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81) at Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:27:02 GMT<br><details><summary>Sensitive client information</summary>IP address: 91.207.79.37</details></code></p>\n</div>\n</html>\n"
}
{
"called_from": "query_wikidata_json",
"msg": "WIKIDATA QUERY failed",
"path": [
"piper",
"Template:etymon",
"#invoke",
"#invoke",
"Lua:Module:etymon:main()"
],
"section": "Latin",
"subsection": "",
"title": "piper",
"trace": "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<meta charset=\"utf-8\">\n<title>Wikimedia Error</title>\n<style>\n* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }\nbody { background: #fff; font: 15px/1.6 sans-serif; color: #333; }\n.content { margin: 7% auto 0; padding: 2em 1em 1em; max-width: 640px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; }\n.footer { clear: both; margin-top: 14%; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5; background: #f9f9f9; padding: 2em 0; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center; }\nimg { margin: 0 2em 2em 0; }\na img { border: 0; }\nh1 { margin-top: 1em; font-size: 1.2em; }\n.content-text { flex: 1; }\np { margin: 0.7em 0 1em 0; }\na { color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; }\na:hover { text-decoration: underline; }\ncode { font-family: sans-serif; }\nsummary { font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; }\ndetails[open] { background: #970302; color: #dfdedd; }\n.text-muted { color: #777; }\n@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {\n a { color: #9e9eff; }\n body { background: transparent; color: #ddd; }\n .footer { border-top: 1px solid #444; background: #060606; }\n #logo { filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg); }\n .text-muted { color: #888; }\n}\n</style>\n<meta name=\"color-scheme\" content=\"light dark\">\n<div class=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<a href=\"https://www.wikimedia.org\"><img id=\"logo\" src=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo.png\" srcset=\"https://www.wikimedia.org/static/images/wmf-logo-2x.png 2x\" alt=\"Wikimedia\" width=\"135\" height=\"101\">\n</a>\n<div class=\"content-text\">\n<h1>Error</h1>\n\n<p>Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"footer\"><p>If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.</p><p class=\"text-muted\"><code>Request served via cp3073 cp3073, Varnish XID 387331673<br>Upstream caches: cp3073 int<br>Error: 429, Your bot is making too many requests. Please reduce your request rate or contact bot-traffic@wikimedia.org (f263c81) at Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:27:57 GMT<br><details><summary>Sensitive client information</summary>IP address: 91.207.79.37</details></code></p>\n</div>\n</html>\n"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). 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.