berula

Gaulish

Etymology

A diminutive form of beru, from Proto-Celtic *beru, *bẹrŭro- (“spring, well”), said by Matasović to likely be related to *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /berulaː/

Noun

berulā f

  1. cress

Declension
declension of berula
Singular Plural
Nominative berulā berulas
Vocative berula -
Accusative berulan berulas
Genitive berulas berulanom
Dative berulai berulabo
Instrumental berulia -
Locative - -

Descendants

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish berulā.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.ru.la/, [ˈbɛ.rʊ.ɫa]

Noun

berula f (genitive berulae); first declension

  1. a herb: bittercress or waterparsnip
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcellus Empiricus to this entry?)

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative berula berulae
Genitive berulae berulārum
Dative berulae berulīs
Accusative berulam berulās
Ablative berulā berulīs
Vocative berula berulae

References
  • berŭla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • berŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 215/2
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