fimetum

Latin

Etymology

fimus (“dung”) +‎ -ētum (“place of”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiˈmeː.tum/, [fɪˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈme.tum/, [fiˈmɛːt̪um]

Noun

fimētum n (genitive fimētī); second declension

1. a dunghill

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fimētum	fimēta
genitive	fimētī	fimētōrum
dative	fimētō	fimētīs
accusative	fimētum	fimēta
ablative	fimētō	fimētīs
vocative	fimētum	fimēta

Synonyms

• (dunghill): fimārium (Mediaeval)

Descendants

• English: fimetarious, fimetic
• Spanish: fimeto

References

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