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Pepo
‖
Pe′po
(pē′pō̍)
, Noun.
[L., a kind of melon, from Gr.
πέπων
.] (Bot.)
Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See
Gourd
. Definition 2024
Pepo
Pepo
Translingual
Proper noun
Pepo m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – See Cucurbita.
Derived terms
pepo
pepo
English
Noun
pepo (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, 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.
- 1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5, page 25
Synonyms
Translations
kind of fruit
plant producing such a fruit
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Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
pepo (accusative singular pepon, plural pepoj, accusative plural pepojn)
Related terms
- pepi (“to chirp”)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.poː/
Noun
pepō m (genitive peponis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | pepō | peponēs |
genitive | peponis | peponum |
dative | peponī | peponibus |
accusative | peponem | peponēs |
ablative | pepone | peponibus |
vocative | pepō | peponēs |
Descendants
References
- pepo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pepo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.