napus

Latin

nāpī (turnips)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu, “mustard”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.pus/, [ˈnaː.pʊs]

Noun

nāpus m (genitive nāpī); second declension

turnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
rapeseed (Brassica napus)

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nāpus	nāpī
Genitive	nāpī	nāpōrum
Dative	nāpō	nāpīs
Accusative	nāpum	nāpōs
Ablative	nāpō	nāpīs
Vocative	nāpe	nāpī

Synonyms

(turnip): rāpum

Derived terms

nāpīna

Related terms

nāpy

Descendants

Aromanian: napu
Catalan: nap
→ English: napiform
Italian: napo
Occitan: nap
→ Old English: næp
- English: neep, turnip
- → Old Norse: næpa
  - Icelandic: næpa
  - Norwegian Bokmål: nepe
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: nepe

Old French: nef
- French: navet
- Norman: navet
- Walloon: navea
Portuguese: nabo
Romanian: nap
Spanish: nabo, naba

References

napus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
napus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
napus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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