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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdra.wɔ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪raː.vo.ka]
Noun
dravoca f (genitive dravocae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) darnel, cockle, tare
- Synonym: lolium
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dravoca | dravocae |
| genitive | dravocae | dravocārum |
| dative | dravocae | dravocīs |
| accusative | dravocam | dravocās |
| ablative | dravocā | dravocīs |
| vocative | dravoca | dravocae |
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (22 August 2012) The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic[1], BRILL, →ISBN, page 97
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “dravoca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 374