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English

Noun

napus

  1. plural of napu

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu, mustard).

Pronunciation

Noun

nāpus m (genitive nāpī); second declension

  1. turnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
  2. rapeseed (Brassica napus)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: napu
    • Romanian: nap
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
    • Emilian: navoun
    • Piedmontese: navon
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • English: napiform
    • Old English: nǣp (see there for further descendants)

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • napus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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