rapistrum

Latin

Etymology

From rāp(um) (“turnip, rape”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /raːˈpis.trum/, [räːˈpɪs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈpis.trum/, [räˈpist̪rum]

Noun

rāpistrum n (genitive rāpistrī); second declension

1. wild rape.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rāpistrum	rāpistra
Genitive	rāpistrī	rāpistrōrum
Dative	rāpistrō	rāpistrīs
Accusative	rāpistrum	rāpistra
Ablative	rāpistrō	rāpistrīs
Vocative	rāpistrum	rāpistra

References

• “rapistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rapistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.