tructa

Latin

Alternative forms
  • tructus

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. Perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, “nibbler”), from τρώγω (trṓgō, “I gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *tere- (“to rub, to turn”).

Noun

tructa

  1. (Late Latin) a kind of trout

Descendants

References
  • tructa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tructa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tructa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tructa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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