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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish, potentially Gaulish drāyāka,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥Hwā.[2] Compare English tare, Welsh drewg (“darnel”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”) and Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā, “panic grass, millet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dravoca f (genitive dravocae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) darnel, cockle, tare
- Synonym: lolium
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012 August 22) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic, BRILL, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “dravoca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 374