racemus

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

racīmus (Late Latin)

Etymology edit

Unknown (Watkins, 1969); probably from an ancient, extinct Mediterranean language.^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥάξ (rháx, “grape”) (root: ῥαγ-, Pre-Greek), Albanian rrush (“resin”), and Persian (raz, “vine”), which were presumably borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /raˈkeː.mus/, [räˈkeːmʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈt͡ʃe.mus/, [räˈt͡ʃɛːmus]

Noun edit

racēmus m (genitive racēmī); second declension

cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.269:
  vel psithia passos de vite racemos
  […] or dried clusters of grapes from Psithian vine[s]

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	racēmus	racēmī
Genitive	racēmī	racēmōrum
Dative	racēmō	racēmīs
Accusative	racēmum	racēmōs
Ablative	racēmō	racēmīs
Vocative	racēme	racēmī

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

For inherited Romance forms, see racīmus.

→ English: raceme
→ French: racème
- → Romanian: racem
→ Italian: racemo
→ Portuguese: racemo

References edit

“racemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“racemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
racemus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
racemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “racēmus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “racēmus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511

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