candetum

Latin

Etymology

Metathesis of earlier *cantedum, from Gaulish *cantedon, from Proto-Celtic *kantom (“hundred”) + *ɸedom (“space”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈdeː.tum/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈde.tum/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːt̪um]

Noun

candētum n (genitive candētī); second declension

1. a unit of measure corresponding to 100 Roman square feet in urban areas and 150 in agrarian areas

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	candētum	candēta
genitive	candētī	candētōrum
dative	candētō	candētīs
accusative	candētum	candēta
ablative	candētō	candētīs
vocative	candētum	candēta

References

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