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rāpum , i, n. akin to Gr. ῥάφη, ῥαφάνη (collat. form rāpa , ae, f., Col. 11, 3, 16; Scrib. Comp. 176; 177),
I.a turnip, rape: Brassica rapa, Linn.; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 4; Col. 2, 10, 22 sq.; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 125; “flung at one as an insult,” Suet. Vesp. 4.—
II. A knob or lump formed by the roots of a tree: “magnarum arborum truncos cum rapo suo transtulit,” Sen. Ep. 86, 17; cf. id. ib. 86, 18.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.125
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 86.17
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 86.18
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.10.22
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