pepo
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Doublet of pumpion; compare pumpkin.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.pəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpi.poʊ/
- Hyphenation: pe‧po
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
editpepo (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.
Synonyms
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editkind of fruit
plant producing such a fruit
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editEsperanto
editNoun
editpepo (accusative singular pepon, plural pepoj, accusative plural pepojn)
Related terms
edit- pepi (“to chirp”)
Guaraní
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editpepo
Italian
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editpepo
Kaingang
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editpepo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέσσω (péssō, “ripen”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.poː/, [ˈpɛpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.po/, [ˈpɛːpo]
Noun
editpepō m (genitive peponis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | pepō | peponēs |
Genitive | peponis | peponum |
Dative | peponī | peponibus |
Accusative | peponem | peponēs |
Ablative | pepone | peponibus |
Vocative | pepō | peponēs |
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “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.
Swahili
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editpepo (n class, plural pepo) or pepo (ma class, plural mapepo)
Noun
editpepo
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