ἄπιος
ἄπιος, a pear-tree; a pear
ἄπιος2, far away, far off, distant; (pr.n.) Peloponnesian
- pear-tree, Pyrus communis, Arist. HA 552b2, Thphr. HP 1.3.3, CP 1.15.2, Dsc. 1.116, Gal. 11.834.
- 2 = ἄπιον, pear, Ar. Fr. 569.3; ἀπʼ Εὐβοίας ἀπίους Hermipp. 63.17, Alex. 33, Gal. 6.603.
- II Euphorbia Apios, tuberous spurge, Thphr. HP 9.9.5, Dsc. 4.175.
- III = ἀστράγαλος, Ps.-Dsc. 4.61.
- far away, far off, distant, τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης Il. 1.270, 3.49, Od. 16.18, cf. S. OC 1685.
- II Ἄπιος, α, ον, Apian, i.e. Peloponnesian, said (in this sense) to be derived from Ἆπις, Apis, a mythical king of Argos, A. Supp. 260, cf. Paus. 2.5.7; Ἀπία γῆ, Ἀπία χθών, or Ἀπία alone, the Peloponnese, esp. Argolis, A. Ag. 256, S. OC 1303, Ath. 14.650b, etc.; cf. Ἀπίς prob. in A.R. 4.1564. [The former word has ᾰ, the latter ᾱ; yet S. OC 1685 uses signf. I with ᾱ, and later Ep. Poets have signf. II with ᾰ, cf. Rhian. 13.] (Commonly derived from ἀπό, as ἀντίος from ἀντί; and Hsch. expl. ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης by ἀλλοτρίας ἢ ξένης ἢ μακρὰν οὔσης, cf. Str. 8.6.9.)
I
1 pera Ar.Fr.569.3,
ἀπ' Εὐβοίας ἀπίους
2 peral, Pyrus communis
τὰ τῆς ἀπίου φύλλα
II de otras plantas
1 una euforbiácea Euphorbia apios L., Thphr.HP 9.9.5, LXX 1Pa.14.14, Aq.2Re.5.23, Plin.HN 26.72, Paul.Aeg.7.4.10, Orib.Ec.51.1.
2 algarroba, Orobus niger L., Ps.Dsc.4.61.
•Préstamo del substrato, igual que lat. pirum: quizá de un *piso-. Quizá relacionado c. el n. de la ‘pera’ en burushaski: phešo.
lejano
τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης
1) der Birnbaum ; die Birne, Ath. XIV.650c, aus Com.
2) eine Art Wolfsmilch, Theophr.
[ᾰ, s. Alexis bei Ath. a.a.O.]
-η
[app. fr. ἀπό.]
Thus, distant, far off: ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης Il. 1.270, Il. 3.49: Od. 7.25, Od. 16.18.
- a pear-tree, Lat. pirus, Arist.
- Ifar away, far off, distant, ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης Hom.
- IIἌπιος, α, ον, Apian, i. e. Peloponnesian (said to be derived from Ἆπις, a king of Argos), Ἀπία γῆ, Ἀπία χθών, or Ἀπία alone, the Peloponnese, esp. Argolis, Aesch., Soph.; so Ἀπίς, ίδος, ἡ, Theocr.