brassica

See also: Brassica

English

Brassica rapa

Etymology

From Latin brassica

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæs.ɪ.kə/

Noun

brassica (plural brassicas)

1. Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes

Synonyms

• (plant of genus Brassica): crucifer

Translations

cabbage family

• French: brassique (fr) f
• Greek: κράμβη (el) f (krámvi)
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• Portuguese: brássica f
• Russian: капу́ста (ru) f (kapústa)

See also

• Brassica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brassica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Brassica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Latin

brassica (a cabbage)

Etymology

Unknown origin. Suggested derivations include

• From Proto-Celtic *bresic, *bresych (“cabbage”) (though this could have been a reverse borrowing); compare Welsh bresych
• Contraction of praesecare (“to cut off early”), from prae- + secare, referring to its harvesting during the autumn for early winter food
• From a Latin word meaning "to cut off the head," attested in a Plautus comedy.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbras.si.ka/, [ˈbräs̠ːɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbras.si.ka/, [ˈbräsːikä]

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Noun

brassica f (genitive brassicae); first declension

1. especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea

   Synonym: caulis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brassica	brassicae
Genitive	brassicae	brassicārum
Dative	brassicae	brassicīs
Accusative	brassicam	brassicās
Ablative	brassicā	brassicīs
Vocative	brassica	brassicae

Descendants

• English: brassica
• Translingual: Brassica
• Old Irish: praisech
  • Irish: praiseach
• Welsh bresych

References

• “brassica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “brassica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• brassica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Dixon, Geoffrey (2007): Vegetable Brassicas and Related Crucifers
• Henslow (1908)
• Hegi (1919)
• Gates (1953)