raphanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos), perhaps related to ῥάπυς (rhápus), ῥάφυς (rháphus, “turnip”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈra.pʰa.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈraː.fa.nus]

raphanus m (genitive raphanī); second declension

1. radish
   • ca. 160 BC, Cato the Elder, De Agricultura 35:

     […] raphanum in locō stercorātō bene aut in locō crassō seritō.

     Plant radish in a well-manured place, or a place with rich soil.

Second-declension noun.