- πέπερι
- πέπεριGrammatical information: n.,Meaning: `pepper' (Eub., Antiph., Arist.);Other forms: also -ις, -ιδος m.Dialectal forms: (rarely πί-), -ιος, -εωςCompounds: Few compp., e.g. πιπερό-γαρον n. `peppered fish broth', μακρο-πέπερι n. `long pepper' (medic.),Derivatives: -ις, -ιδος f. `pepper tree' (Philostr. VA). -- From it πιπερῖτις f. plantname `siliquastrum' (Plin. etc.; after the taste, Strömberg Pfl. 63); πεπερίζω `to taste like p.' (Dsc.)Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] OrientEtymology: Orient. LW [loanword], first from MInd. pipparī (Skt. [ep. cl.] -lī) f. of unknown origin; s. Mayrhofer s. píppalam m. further details a. lit. -- Lat. LW [loanword] piper, from where NHG Pfeffer etc.Page in Frisk: 2,508
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.