Latin

nāpī (turnips)

Noun

nāpus m ‎(genitive nāpī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (turnip): rāpum

Derived terms

• nāpīna

Related terms

• nāpy

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “napus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.