aper
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aper (a wild boar)
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aper (plural apers)
- Someone who apes something
- 1908, Rupert Sargent Holland, Builders of United Italy, page 175:
- Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs.
Synonyms
Translations
someone who apes something — see imitator
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar (“sunny, warm, dry”), from ā- (“from, away”, prefix) + bar (“bare”), likely via a defunct verb *ābarēn, *ābarōn (“to lay bare, expose”). Alternatively, from a verb *āberan (“to not bear, not carry”). Sense likely influenced by unrelated Latin aprīcus due to superficial similarity of form and meaning.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aper (strong nominative masculine singular aperer, comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten)
- (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) snowless
- Synonym: (general) schneefrei
Declension
Positive forms of aper
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist aper | sie ist aper | es ist aper | sie sind aper | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | aperer | apere | aperes | apere |
| genitive | aperen | aperer | aperen | aperer | |
| dative | aperem | aperer | aperem | aperen | |
| accusative | aperen | apere | aperes | apere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der apere | die apere | das apere | die aperen |
| genitive | des aperen | der aperen | des aperen | der aperen | |
| dative | dem aperen | der aperen | dem aperen | den aperen | |
| accusative | den aperen | die apere | das apere | die aperen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein aperer | eine apere | ein aperes | (keine) aperen |
| genitive | eines aperen | einer aperen | eines aperen | (keiner) aperen | |
| dative | einem aperen | einer aperen | einem aperen | (keinen) aperen | |
| accusative | einen aperen | eine apere | ein aperes | (keine) aperen | |
Comparative forms of aper
Superlative forms of aper
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am apersten | sie ist am apersten | es ist am apersten | sie sind am apersten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | aperster | aperste | aperstes | aperste |
| genitive | apersten | aperster | apersten | aperster | |
| dative | aperstem | aperster | aperstem | apersten | |
| accusative | apersten | aperste | aperstes | aperste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der aperste | die aperste | das aperste | die apersten |
| genitive | des apersten | der apersten | des apersten | der apersten | |
| dative | dem apersten | der apersten | dem apersten | den apersten | |
| accusative | den apersten | die aperste | das aperste | die apersten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein aperster | eine aperste | ein aperstes | (keine) apersten |
| genitive | eines apersten | einer apersten | eines apersten | (keiner) apersten | |
| dative | einem apersten | einer apersten | einem apersten | (keinen) apersten | |
| accusative | einen apersten | eine aperste | ein aperstes | (keine) apersten | |
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *veprь.
Pronunciation
Noun
aper m (genitive aprī); second declension
- a wild boar
- (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aper | aprī |
| Genitive | aprī | aprōrum |
| Dative | aprō | aprīs |
| Accusative | aprum | aprōs |
| Ablative | aprō | aprīs |
| Vocative | aper | aprī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
aper m or f
- indefinite plural of ape
Verb
aper
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
aper m or f