rapistrum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /raːˈpis.trum/, [räːˈpɪs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (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
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