2007-12-29 22:41:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Romans either did not have or did not record many specific names for fruits. They tended to talk more in classes of fruit.
Pomum = Any round-shaped fruit, such as apple, peach, plum and others.
Malum = Also generic, but less so than pomum. More restricted to the eat-out-of-hand fruits.
Malum Persicum - Peach. Literally, Persian Apple.
Mala Cotonea - Quince. Literally, Cydonian apples.From a town in Crete. Only in plural.
Prunum - Plum. Technically only the sloe, but used genericly.
Blackberry - Morum
Uva - Grape
Pirum - Pear
Bacca - Berry in general - normally followed by type (bacca olae = olive berry; bacca myrti = myrtle; bacca lauri = laurel)
Olea - olive
P. S.
Pacis is not the word for 'peacH' - it translates to 'peacE'.
2007-12-30 02:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pomum : apple
bacca : berry
pirum : pear
labruscum : wild grape
orchas : orchadis : a type of olive
These are the only ones I could find. Maybe they didn't eat a variety of fruit in ancient times.
2007-12-30 07:08:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
apple - pomum
pear -pirum
peach - pacis
berry - bacca
2007-12-30 06:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Yaybob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋