ῥάπυς

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

A number of similar words for turnip exist in European languages, but inconsistencies lend to the idea of multiple borrowings, rather than a Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Latin rapus, Old High German ruoba, Lithuanian rópė. Also see ῥάφανος (rháphanos, cabbage).

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Noun

ῥᾰ́πῠς (rhápus) f (genitive ῥᾰ́πῠος); third declension

  1. turnip

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