persicum

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of persicus (“Persian”).

Adjective

persicum

1. inflection of persicus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”), from Persae (“Persians”). Compare Ancient Greek Περσική (Persikḗ, “Persia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kum/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.kum/, [ˈpɛrsikum]

Noun

persicum n (genitive persicī); second declension

1. peach (fruit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	persicum	persica
genitive	persicī	persicōrum
dative	persicō	persicīs
accusative	persicum	persica
ablative	persicō	persicīs
vocative	persicum	persica

Related terms

• Persa
• Persae
• persica
• persicus

Descendants

• Istriot:
  • pirsigheîn (diminutive form)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: piérzeco
  • Sicilian: pèrsicu
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: pèrsec, pèrseg, pèrsac
  • Friulian: piersul
  • Ligurian: pèrsego, pêrsio
  • Lombard: pèrsec, pèrsic, pèrseghe
  • Piedmontese: persi, pessi
  • Romansch: persic
  • Venetan: persego
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: presiego, prisiego

    Ansotano: presigo

    Belsetán: precieco, presico

    Chistabín: prixego

    Ribagorçan: pressic

  • Catalan: préssec, prèssic
  • Occitan: persèc

    Gascon: persec, pershec, pessec, preshic, persic, pershic

    Limousin: prossec

    Provençal: persègue

    Vivaro-Alpine: persegue

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: presco
    • Asturian: piescu
  • Old Leonese:
    • Leonese: peixagu
    • Mirandese: piérxigo
  • Galician: pexego, pésago, pésego, pesego, pésigo, péxago, péxego, poxego, préxego, préxigo, príxigo
  • Portuguese: pêssego, pessego (pre-reform)
    • Kabuverdianu: pésigu
    • Macanese: péscu
  • Old Spanish: priesco, presco
    • Spanish: piesco, prisco
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: pjeshkë
  • → Latvian: persiks
  • → Lithuanian: persikas
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *persik (see there for further descendants)
  • → Kabyle: afresɣu

Etymology 3

Inflected form of persicus (“peach tree”).

Noun

persicum f

1. accusative singular of persicus