rapistrum

Latin

Etymology

From rāp(um) (“turnip, rape”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

rāpistrum n (genitive rāpistrī); second declension

  1. wild rape.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative rāpistrum rāpistra
genitive rāpistrī rāpistrōrum
dative rāpistrō rāpistrīs
accusative rāpistrum rāpistra
ablative rāpistrō rāpistrīs
vocative rāpistrum rāpistra

Derived terms

  • Early Medieval Latin: lapistrus[2]
    • Galician: labestro
    • Portuguese: labresto
    • Spanish: labresto
    • Italian: lapistra
  • → Portuguese: rapistro

References

  1. ^ Philip Miller, The Gardener and Botanist's Dictionary, 1807, London, v. 2, p.50.
  2. ^ Archivvm Latinitatis Medii Aevi, Brussels, 1956, t. 26, p. 203.
  • “rapistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rapistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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