Lauretum

See also: lauretum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lōrētum

Etymology

From laurētum (“laurel grove”), from laurus (“laurel tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈreː.tum/, [ɫ̪äu̯ˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈre.tum/, [läu̯ˈrɛːt̪um]

Proper noun

Laurētum n sg (genitive Laurētī); second declension

1. Lauretum, a place on the Aventine Hill

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Laurētum
genitive	Laurētī
dative	Laurētō
accusative	Laurētum
ablative	Laurētō
vocative	Laurētum

Derived terms

• Laurētānus portus

References

• “Lauretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lauretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.