Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Found in Late Latin. Perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, nibbler), from τρώγω (trṓgō, I gnaw), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, to turn).

Noun edit

tructa f (genitive tructae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a kind of trout

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tructa tructae
Genitive tructae tructārum
Dative tructae tructīs
Accusative tructam tructās
Ablative tructā tructīs
Vocative tructa tructae

Descendants edit

References edit

  • tructa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tructa 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)
  • tructa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tructa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016