atrusca

Latin

Etymology

āter (“dark”) +‎ -iscus, i.e. “darkish grape”

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈtrus.ka/, [äˈt̪rʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈtrus.ka/, [äˈt̪ruskä]

Noun

atrusca f (genitive atruscae); first declension

1. A variety of grape

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	atrusca	atruscae
Genitive	atruscae	atruscārum
Dative	atruscae	atruscīs
Accusative	atruscam	atruscās
Ablative	atruscā	atruscīs
Vocative	atrusca	atruscae

Related terms

• vītis
• ūva

References

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