Translingual

Proper noun

Secale n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae - rye.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Hordeeae - tribe; Hordeinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Secale cereale - type species; Secale africanum, Secale anatolicum, Secale ciliatiglume, Secale montanum, Secale segetal, Secale sylvestre, Secale vavilovii - species; Secale × derzhavinii - nothospecies

Latin

Noun

secāle n ‎(genitive secālis); third declension

1. rye, a kind of grain

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Descendants

• English: triticale
• French: seigle
• Greek: σίκαλη ‎(síkali)
• Italian: segale
• Old Irish: secal
  • Irish: seagal
  • Scottish Gaelic: seagal
• Romanian: secară

References

• secale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SECALE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “secale”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.