eruca

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin eruca, in its senses of "caterpillar" and "colewort" respectively. Cognate with arugula, rucola, rocket, roquette. === Noun === eruca (plural erucae) (zoology) Caterpillar; larva. (cooking) Arugula: rocket. ==== Derived terms ==== erucism == Latin == === Etymology === Analyzable as *ēr-ūca, from ēr (“hedgehog”) + -ūca which is likely by analogy with verrūca (“wart, hillock”), named so for the rugged backs of many caterpillars resembling those of hedgehogs. An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”) (likely of the same ultimate origin as the above etymology), see also Welsh garw (“rough”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “bristles”). Latin erūca and its variant urūca denote the plant and the caterpillar. In such cases, usually the animal name is primary and has been extended to the plant (so the rocket can be interpreted as “caterpillar plant”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈruː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈruː.ka] === Noun === ērūca f (genitive ērūcae); first declension caterpillar colewort, rocket ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== brūchus === References === “eruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “eruca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "eruca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “eruca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === eruga === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin eruca (“caterpillar, arugula”). Doublet of eruga, which was inherited (compare Galician eiruga). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ukɐ Hyphenation: e‧ru‧ca === Noun === eruca f (plural erucas) (rare) caterpillar (the larval stage of a lepidopteran) Synonym: lagarta (more common) (rare) caterpillar track (continuous track used by many types of off-road vehicles in place of wheels) Synonym: lagarta (more common) (rare) caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks) Synonym: lagarta (more common) (rare) arugula (plant of the genus Eruca) Synonyms: (more common) rúcula, mostarda-persa === Further reading === “eruca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “eruca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “eruca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “eruca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026