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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From apis (“bee”) because of bees' perceived inclination towards the plant.
Noun
apium n (genitive apiī or apī); second declension
- parsley (with fragrant leaves)
- celery
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflected form of apis (“bee”)
Noun
apium
- genitive plural of apis
References
- “apium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “apium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "apium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- apium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “apium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers