triticum

See also: Triticum

Latin

Etymology

From trītus, perfect passive participle of terō (“graze, grind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.ti.kum/, [ˈt̪riːt̪ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ti.kum/, [ˈt̪riːt̪ikum]

Noun

trīticum n (genitive trīticī); second declension

1. wheat, a kind of grain

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trīticum	trītica
Genitive	trīticī	trīticōrum
Dative	trīticō	trīticīs
Accusative	trīticum	trītica
Ablative	trīticō	trīticīs
Vocative	trīticum	trītica

Derived terms

• trīticārius
• trīticeus
• trīticiārius
• trīticīnus

Related terms

• terō
• trītus

Descendants

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.