bruscum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, inflate”).[1] Compare English breast and Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, “to burst”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbrus.kum/, [ˈbrʊs̠kʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbrus.kum/, [ˈbruskum]
Noun
[edit]bruscum n (genitive bruscī); second declension
- (botany) An excrescence on the maple
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bruscum | brusca |
| genitive | bruscī | bruscōrum |
| dative | bruscō | bruscīs |
| accusative | bruscum | brusca |
| ablative | bruscō | bruscīs |
| vocative | bruscum | brusca |
References
[edit]- “bruscum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bruscum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “bruscum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 117