duracinus

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus (“hard”) + acinus (“berry, grape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

1. 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

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dūracinus	dūracina	dūracinum		dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracina
Genitive	dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracinī		dūracinōrum	dūracinārum	dūracinōrum
Dative	dūracinō		dūracinō		dūracinīs
Accusative	dūracinum	dūracinam	dūracinum		dūracinōs	dūracinās	dūracina
Ablative	dūracinō	dūracinā	dūracinō		dūracinīs
Vocative	dūracine	dūracina	dūracinum		dūracinī	dūracinae	dūracina

Related terms

• acinus
• dūrus

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.