labrusca

English

Etymology

From the species epithet in Vitis labrusca, from Latin labrusca.

Noun

labrusca (plural labruscas)

  1. The fox grape (Vitis labrusca).

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain:

  • if the first vowel was short, possibly a compound of labrum (lip) + ūrō (to burn) + -ca, in reference to its acidity - notice the substitution of the first member with lambō (to lick). This is supported by several ancient grammarians; other grammarians also refer it to labrum, but in the meaning “edge of the field” where it was usually found;
  • if the first vowel was long, possibly from lābor (to glide down), but this leaves the second element unexplained.

Compare laburnum (golden chain) and rūscum (butcher's broom) for possible contamination sources.

Pronunciation

Noun

lā̆brūsca f (genitive lā̆brūscae); first declension

  1. the plant of the woodland grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lā̆brūsca lā̆brūscae
Genitive lā̆brūscae lā̆brūscārum
Dative lā̆brūscae lā̆brūscīs
Accusative lā̆brūscam lā̆brūscās
Ablative lā̆brūscā lā̆brūscīs
Vocative lā̆brūsca lā̆brūscae

Derived terms

  • lā̆brūscum (its fruit)

Descendants

Note that both elements are continued in two shapes: /la-/ vs /lam-/ and /ū/ vs. /u/; as well as in two genders.

  • Romanian: lăuruscă
  • Dalmatian: abastrain
  • Italian: lambrusca, lambrusco
  • Tuscan: abròsco, abròstolo, abròstine, abròstano
  • Romanesco: ciambrusco
  • Northern Italian: lambrosca
  • Lombard: lambrüsch, lambrösch
  • French: lambris, lambruche, lambrusque
  • Franco-Provençal: lambrochi
  • Occitan: lambrusca, lambrusc; lambrusco (Gascon)
  • Catalan: llambrusca; llebruixea (Majorcan)
  • Old Spanish: lambrusca, lambrusco
  • Albanian: larushkë, lërushkë
  • Catalan: labrusca (learned)
  • Portuguese: labrusca (learned)
  • Spanish: labrusca (learned)

References

    Further reading

    • labrusca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • labrusca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • labrusca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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