dravoca

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, potentially Gaulish drāyāka[1], possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥Hwā[2]. Compare English tare, Welsh drewg (“darnel”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”) and Sanskrit दूर्वा (dūrvā, “panic grass, millet”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdra.u̯o.ka/, [ˈd̪räu̯ɔkä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdra.vo.ka/, [ˈd̪räːvokä]

Noun

dravoca f (genitive dravocae); first declension

  1. darnel, cockle, tare
    Synonym: lolium

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dravoca dravocae
Genitive dravocae dravocārum
Dative dravocae dravocīs
Accusative dravocam dravocās
Ablative dravocā dravocīs
Vocative dravoca dravocae

References
  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012-08-22) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic‎ (in English), BRILL, →ISBN, pages 97
  2. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “dravoca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 374
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