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πίτα
pie (savory baked pastry) /ˈpi.ta/
nounB2#2098 most common
Also: flatbread, wrap (as in souvlaki/gyro pita)
Example sentences
Θέλω μια πίτα.
I want a pie.
Αγόρασα πίτα με τυρί.
I bought a cheese pie.
Η γιαγιά μου φτιάχνει πίτα κάθε Κυριακή.
My grandmother makes a pie every Sunday.
Πήραμε ένα σουβλάκι πίτα από το μαγαζί της γωνίας.
We got a souvlaki wrap from the corner shop.
Οι πίτες αυτού του φούρνου είναι φημισμένες σε όλη την πόλη.
This bakery's pies are famous all over the city.
Αν και η συνταγή απαιτεί πολλή υπομονή, η σπιτική πίτα με πράσα ξεπερνάει σε γεύση οποιαδήποτε έτοιμη εκδοχή.
Although the recipe takes a lot of patience, the homemade leek pie beats any store-bought version in taste.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η πίτα | οι πίτες |
| Genitive | της πίτας | των πιτών |
| Accusative | την πίτα | τις πίτες |
| Vocative | πίτα | πίτες |
Word family
τυρόπιταcheese pie
σπανακόπιταspinach pie
πιτόγυροςgyro wrapped in pita bread
πιτάκιsmall pie or pastry (diminutive)
πιτόπιταflat, thin pie in the style of a wrap
Etymology
The word's origin is disputed among etymologists. It surfaces in Byzantine Greek as πίττα, and some scholars link it to Latin pix or picea, meaning pitch, possibly referring to the darkened base of the baked flatbread. Others treat it as part of a wider, pre-Greek Mediterranean word family for flatbread that also produced the Italian word pizza, though the exact line of descent is not settled. No secure Proto-Indo-European root has been established.
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