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pĭper , pĭpĕris , n., = πέπερι (Sanscr. pippali or pippalī, the same),
I.pepper.
I. Lit., Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26 sq.; Cels. 2, 27: “et piper et quicquid chartis amicitur ineptis,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270; Ov. A. A. 2, 417; Juv. 14, 293: “rugosum piper,” Pers. 5, 55: “sacrum piper, a term intimating that the miser is as sparing of it as if it were something sacred,” id. 6, 21.—
II. Trop., of sharp, biting speech: “piper, non homo,” Petr. 44; Hier. Ep. 31, n. 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.26
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.27
    • Persius, Saturae, 5
    • Persius, Saturae, 6
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