labrusca

== English == === Etymology === From the species epithet in Vitis labrusca, from Latin labrusca. === Noun === labrusca (plural labruscas) The fox grape (Vitis labrusca). == Latin == === Alternative forms === lambrusca (Late Latin) === 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaːˈbruːs.ka], [ɫaˈbruːs.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈbrus.ka] === Noun === lā̆brūsca f (genitive lā̆brūscae); first declension the plant of the woodland grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== 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. === References === “labrusca” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present === 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.