apium

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.pi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.pi.um] === 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, 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