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Latin
Etymology
From rāp(um) (“turnip, rape”) + -astrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rāpistrum n (genitive rāpistrī); second declension
- wild rape.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “rapistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rapistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.