aspretum

Latin

Etymology

asper (“rough”) +‎ -ētum (“place”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈpreː.tum/, [äs̠ˈpreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈpre.tum/, [äsˈprɛːt̪um]

Noun

asprētum n (genitive asprētī); second declension

1. an uneven, rough place

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	asprētum	asprēta
genitive	asprētī	asprētōrum
dative	asprētō	asprētīs
accusative	asprētum	asprēta
ablative	asprētō	asprētīs
vocative	asprētum	asprēta

References

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