duracinus

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Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ acinus (“berry, grape”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dūracinus (feminine dūracina, neuter dūracinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hard-berried

Usage notes

Originally applied to the grape, when it was fit only for eating, not wine-making. The term was later applied to other fruits with a central stone, such as the peach.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dūracinus dūracina dūracinum dūracinī dūracinae dūracina
genitive dūracinī dūracinae dūracinī dūracinōrum dūracinārum dūracinōrum
dative dūracinō dūracinae dūracinō dūracinīs
accusative dūracinum dūracinam dūracinum dūracinōs dūracinās dūracina
ablative dūracinō dūracinā dūracinō dūracinīs
vocative dūracine dūracina dūracinum dūracinī dūracinae dūracina

Descendants

References

  • “duracinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duracinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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