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語源

Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Doublet of pumpion; compare pumpkin.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpiː.pəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpi.poʊ/
• ハイフネーション: pe‧po

名詞

pepo (plural pepos)

1. A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
2. A plant producing such a fruit.
   • 1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5 edition, 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.

同意語

• (fruit): gourd, melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber
• (plant): cucurbit

アナグラム

• EPPO, Pope, peop., pope

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈpɛ.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈpɛː.po]

名詞

pepō m (genitive peponis); third declension

1. melon (picked ripe)
   1. Cucumis melo: true melons
   2. Citrullus lanatus: watermelon
2. (New Latin) pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)

使用する際の注意点

• See also cucumis.

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

関連する語

• mēlopepō

派生した語

参照

• “pepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pepo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.