erctum

Latin

Alternative forms

• herctum

Etymology

Perhaps the supine of *ercō; see ercīscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈerk.tum/, [ˈɛrkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈerk.tum/, [ˈɛrkt̪um]

Noun

erctum n (genitive erctī); second declension

1. an inheritance, patrimony

   erctum ciēre ― to divide an inheritance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	erctum	ercta
genitive	erctī	erctōrum
dative	erctō	erctīs
accusative	erctum	ercta
ablative	erctō	erctīs
vocative	erctum	ercta

References

• “erctum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “erctum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers