duracinus

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ acinus (“berry, grape”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /duːˈra.ki.nus/, [d̪uːˈräkɪnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈra.t͡ʃi.nus/, [d̪uˈräːt͡ʃinus]

Adjective

dūracinus (feminine dūracina, neuter dūracinum); first/second-declension adjective

hard-berried

Usage notes

Originally applied to the grape, when it was fit only for eating, not wine-making. The term was later applied to other fruits with a central stone, such as the peach.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	dūracinus	dūracina	dūracinum	dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracina
Genitive	dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracinī	dūracinōrum	dūracinārum	dūracinōrum
Dative	dūracinō	dūracinae	dūracinō	dūracinīs
Accusative	dūracinum	dūracinam	dūracinum	dūracinōs	dūracinās	dūracina
Ablative	dūracinō	dūracinā	dūracinō	dūracinīs
Vocative	dūracine	dūracina	dūracinum	dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracina

Related terms

Descendants

Dalmatian: drucno
→ French: duracine
→ Ancient Greek: δωράκινον (dōrákinon)
- → Aramaic:
  Classical Syriac: ܕܘܪܩܝܢܐ (dōraqqīnā, dūrqīnā)
  - → Arabic: دُرَّاق (durrāq)
- Greek: ροδάκινο (rodákino)
Italian: duracina
Old French: duraine
Portuguese: durázio, duraz
Spanish: durazno
- → Classical Nahuatl: torazno
- → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas
- → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax
- → Jakaltek: tulasna
- → Quechua: turasnu
- → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun
- → Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

References

“duracinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duracinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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