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duracinus
duracinus
Latin
Adjective
dūracinus m (feminine dūracina, neuter dūracinum); first/second declension
Usage notes
Originally applied to the grape, when it was fit only for eating, not wine-making. The term was later applied to other fruits with a central stone, such as the peach.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dūracinus | dūracina | dūracinum | dūracinī | dūracinae | dūracina | |
| genitive | dūracinī | dūracinae | dūracinī | dūracinōrum | dūracinārum | dūracinōrum | |
| dative | dūracinō | dūracinō | dūracinīs | ||||
| accusative | dūracinum | dūracinam | dūracinum | dūracinōs | dūracinās | dūracina | |
| ablative | dūracinō | dūracinā | dūracinō | dūracinīs | |||
| vocative | dūracine | dūracina | dūracinum | dūracinī | dūracinae | dūracina | |
Related terms
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References
- duracinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duracinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.