noun · femininefirst declension
rabuscula
rabuscula f (genitive rabusculae)
Classical[raˈbʊs.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[raˈbus.ku.la]
Meaning
- femininea type of vine
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rabuscula | rabusculae |
| genitive | rabusculae | rabusculārum |
| dative | rabusculae | rabusculīs |
| accusative | rabusculam | rabusculās |
| ablative | rabusculā | rabusculīs |
| vocative | rabuscula | rabusculae |
răbuscŭla vitis,
I. an unknown species of vine [perh. ravus, grayish], Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.
Origins
Uncertain; apparently a diminutive in -ula from an unclear root. L&S and Gaffiot both propose rāvus (“grey”). If that is the correct etymology, the first vowel would presumably be /ā/, not /ă/. The apparent discrepancy in consonants would be explained by the fact that intervocalic /b/ and /w/ were merging to /β/ around the time that Pliny wrote his Historia naturalis (77 CE- the only work containing an attestation of rabuscula). As for the element *-usca, compare the endings of labrusca, atrusca.