tructa

Latin

Alternative forms

  • tructus

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. Perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, nibbler), from τρώγω (trṓgō, I gnaw), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, to turn).

Noun

tructa f (genitive tructae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) a kind of trout

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tructa tructae
genitive tructae tructārum
dative tructae tructīs
accusative tructam tructās
ablative tructā tructīs
vocative tructa tructae

Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Italian: trota
    • Sicilian: trota, trotta
    • Venetan: truta
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  • tructa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "tructa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tructa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tructa in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016