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

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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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