Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unknown etymology (Watkins, 1969), probably cognate with Ancient Greek ῥάξ (rháx, grape) (root: ῥαγ-, Pre-Greek). Perhaps from an ancient, extinct Mediterranean language. Cognate with Persian رز (raz, vine)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

racēmus m (genitive racēmī); second declension

  1. cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits
    • 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Georgicon 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
  • 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