Latin

Noun

pirus f ‎(genitive pirī); second declension

1. a pear-tree

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• pirārium (Medieval Latin)

Related terms

• pirum

Synonyms

• (a pear-tree): pirārius (Medieval Latin)

Descendants

References

• pĭrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pirus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PIRUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pirus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pirus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• pirus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pirus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly