A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Wheat: triticum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. tritico: wheat as a plant or crop, esp. a wheat of the emmer group, as Triticum durum, [T. aestivum L.]; the threshed grain of wheat, wheat as a comodity' (Lewis & Short); siligo,-inis (s.f.III), abl. sg. siligine, 'a soft variety of wheat: Triticum vulgare;' 'a kind of very white wheat, winter-wheat: Triticum hibernum L.,' Lewis & Short; frumentum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. frumento: corn (i.e. wheat), grain; see barley; see millet; see spelta,-ae (s.f.I), Elymus, Secale, see Zea mays L.; see fruit; Various wheat species by common name: Club Wheat: Triticum compactum Hort.; Common W.: T. aestivum L.; Duram Wh.: T. durum Desf.; Inca Wh.: Amaranthus caudatus L.; Indian Dwarf Wheat: T. sphaerococcus Percival; Macaroni Wh.: T. durum Desf.; Polish Wh.: Triticum polonicum L.; Wild Wh.: Elymus triticoides Buckl. (Uphof 1968).
wheaten, of, belonging to or consisting of wheat, wheaten: triticeus,-a,-um (adj.A), triticius,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. frumentaceus,-a,-um (adj.A) 'pertaining to wheat, grain.' wheat, of or concerning, as a crop: triticarius,-a,-um (adj.A). Wheel: rota,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. rota. little wheel rotula,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. rotula. shaped like a pulley-wheel, a small wheel with a grooved rim; a wheel with a flat, curved or grooved rim; trochlearis,-e (adj.B), trochleiformis,-e (adj.B). wheeled, having wheels: rotalis,-e (adj.B); - machina rotalis, a wheeled device. wheel-like, revolving: rotatilis,-e (adj.B); - gyri rotatiles, wheel-like or rotating rings. wheel-like: in Gk. comp. trocho-. Trochobryum, a genus of mosses. wheel-shaped: cotyliform, with an erect or ascending border, wheel-shaped, dish- shaped: cotyliformis,-e (adj.B), cotyloideus,-a,-um (adj.A); see cyathiformis,-e (adj.B), urceolatus,-a,-um (adj.A). wheel shaped i.e. round, circular: rotundus,-a,-um (adj.A). like a wheel, in a circle: rotatim (adv.), q.v. a wheeling or turning about in a circle, rotation: rotatio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. rotatione
Wheat-field: see seges,-etis (s.f.III), abl.sg. segete.