bruscum
Latin
editEtymology
editUltimately 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
editbruscum n (genitive bruscī); second declension
- (botany) An excrescence on the maple
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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