secale

See also: Secale

Interlingue

Noun

secale

rye

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly connected to secare, infinitive of seco (“I cut”).

Noun

secāle n (genitive secālis); third declension

rye, a kind of grain

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	secāle	secāla
genitive	secālis	secālum
dative	secālī	secālibus
accusative	secāle	secāla
ablative	secāle	secālibus
vocative	secāle	secāla

Descendants

English: triticale
French: seigle
Greek: σίκαλη (síkali)
Italian: segale

Old Irish: secal
- Irish: seagal
- Scottish Gaelic: seagal
Romanian: secară

References

secale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
secale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
secale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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