noun · femininefirst declension
lā̆brūsca
lā̆brūsca f (genitive lā̆brūscae)
Classical[ɫaːˈbruːs.ka]Ecclesiastical[laˈbrus.ka]
Meaning
- the plant of the woodland grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lā̆brūsca | lā̆brūscae |
| genitive | lā̆brūscae | lā̆brūscārum |
| dative | lā̆brūscae | lā̆brūscīs |
| accusative | lā̆brūscam | lā̆brūscās |
| ablative | lā̆brūscā | lā̆brūscīs |
| vocative | lā̆brūsca | lā̆brūscae |
lābrusca (ae) vītis or ūva; also
I. absol.: lābrusca, ae, f., the wild vine, claret-vine:
vitis labrusca, Linn.: uva labrusca, Col. 8, 5 fin.: vitis labrusca, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—Absol.: aspice ut antrum Sylvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis, Verg. E. 5, 7 Serv. ad loc.; Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 19: omphacium ... fit e labrusca, hoc est vite sylvestri, quod vocatur oenanthinum, id. 14, 16, 18, § 98.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lābrūsca ae, f
the wild vine: Silvestris, V.
Origins
Uncertain: * if the first vowel was short, possibly a compound of labrum (“lip”) + ūrō (“to burn”) + -ca, in reference to its acidity - notice the substitution of the first member with lambō (“to lick”). This is supported by several ancient grammarians; other grammarians also refer it to labrum, but in the meaning “edge of the field” where it was usually found; * if the first vowel was long, possibly from lābor (“to glide down”), but this leaves the second element unexplained. Compare laburnum (“golden chain”) and rūscum (“butcher's broom”) for possible contamination sources.
Descendants
- Romanianlăuruscă
- Italianlambrusca
- Italianlambrusco
- Frenchlambris
- Frenchlambruche
- Frenchlambrusque
- Occitanlambrusca
- Occitanlambrusc
- Occitanlambrusco
- Catalanllambrusca