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“grape” in Latin
ūvathe fruit of the vine; a grape; grapes; a bunch or cluster of grapesacinusa berry, especially the grape.; the seed of a berry.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grape
uva: a small grape, parva uva: dried grape, uva passa: a single grape or berry, acinus or acinum. To dry grapes in the sun, uvas in sole pandere: a grape is beginning to turn, uva varia fieri coepit: the grape never ripens, uva numquam dulcedinem capit. ☞ racemus is the twig on which the berries are hanging; hence poetically, “racemi” (plur.) is used either for the grape itself or for a bunch of grapes.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grape?
- The usual Latin words for “grape” are ūva, acinus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.