asinusca

Latin

Etymology

Derived from asinus (“donkey”); for the ending, cf. labrusca, atrusca.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.siˈnus.ka/, [äs̠ɪˈnʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.siˈnus.ka/, [äs̬iˈnuskä]

Noun

asinusca f (genitive asinuscae); first declension

1. a type of grape

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	atrusca	atruscae
genitive	atruscae	atruscārum
dative	atruscae	atruscīs
accusative	atruscam	atruscās
ablative	atruscā	atruscīs
vocative	atrusca	atruscae

References

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