noun · neutersecond declension
rāpum
rāpum n (genitive rāpī)
Classical[ˈraː.pũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈraː.pum]
Meaning
- turnip
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
turnip
rāpum -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 7, 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāpum | rāpa rāpae |
| genitive | rāpī rāpae | rāpōrum rāpārum |
| dative | rāpō rāpae | rāpīs |
| accusative | rāpum rāpam | rāpa rāpās |
| ablative | rāpō | rāpīs |
| vocative | rāpum | rāpa rāpae |
rāpum, i, n. akin to Gr. ῥάφη, ῥαφάνη (collat. form rāpa, ae, f., Col. 11, 3, 16; Scrib. Comp. 176; 177),
I. a turnip, rape: Brassica rapa, Linn.; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 4; Col. 2, 10, 22 sq.; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 125;
flung at one as an insult, Suet. Vesp. 4.— II. A knob or lump formed by the roots of a tree:
magnarum arborum truncos cum rapo suo transtulit, Sen. Ep. 86, 17; cf. id. ib. 86, 18.Origins
substratebor. Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāpóm Proto-Italic *rāpom Latin rāpum From Proto-Italic *rāpom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps; see also German Rübe (“turnip, rape”), Old High German ruoba, Middle Dutch roeve, Lithuanian rope, Old Church Slavonic репа (repa), Ancient Greek ῥάφη (rháphē, “turnip”).
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchravefrom Franco-Provençal râva
- Catalanrap
- Occitanraba
- Old Frenchreve
- Gasconarrabafrom Occitan raba
- Gasconrabonfrom Occitan raba
Insular Romance
- Sardinianraba
- Sardinianarraba
- Sardinianrava
Elsewhere
- Catalanrabassafrom Vulgar Latin *rāpācea
- GermanRapsfrom Middle Dutch rape
- Englishrapefrom Middle English rape
- Albanianrrepë
- Dutchraapfrom Middle Dutch rape
Italo-Romance
- Italianrapo
- Italianrapa
- Sicilianrapa
- Venetanrava
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueserabofrom Old Galician-Portuguese rabo
- Spanishrabofrom Old Spanish rabo
- Aragoneserabo
- Asturianrabu
- Falarabufrom Old Galician-Portuguese rabo
- Galicianrabofrom Old Galician-Portuguese rabo
- Ladinoravofrom Old Spanish rabo
- Ladinoראב׳וfrom Old Spanish rabo
- Chavacanorabofrom Old Spanish rabo
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianrâf
- Friulianrâv
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianrava
- Emilianrèva
- Ligurianrava
- Lombardraa
- Lombardrava
- Piedmonteserava
- Romagnolrèva