triticum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin trīticum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɪt.ɪ.kəm/ === Noun === triticum (countable and uncountable, plural triticums) A plant of the genus Triticum (wheat and related cereals). Synonym: wheat ==== Related terms ==== triticale ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From trītum (taken substantively from the perfect passive participle of terō (“to rub, graze, grind”)) +‎ -icum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.tɪ.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.ti.kum] === Noun === trīticum n (genitive trīticī); second declension wheat, a kind of grain ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== trīticārius trīticeus trīticiārius trīticīnus ==== Related terms ==== terō trītus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “triticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “triticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “triticum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.