granatum

Latin

granātum (pomegranate)

Etymology

Ellipsis of pōmum grānātum (“seeded fruit”) Inflected form of grānātus (“having many seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraːˈnaː.tum/, [ɡräːˈnäːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈna.tum/, [ɡräˈnäːt̪um]

Noun

grānātum n (genitive grānātī); second declension

1. pomegranate (fruit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	grānātum	grānāta
genitive	grānātī	grānātōrum
dative	grānātō	grānātīs
accusative	grānātum	grānāta
ablative	grānātō	grānātīs
vocative	grānātum	grānāta

Synonyms

• (pomegranate): mālogrānātum

Derived terms

• mālogrānātum

Related terms

• grānārium
• grānātim
• grānātus
• grānum

Descendants

• Catalan: granada, granat
• English: garnet, grenade
• French: grenade
• Galician: granado, granada
• Italian: granato, granata
• Romanian: granată
• Russian: гранат (granat)
• Sardinian: aranada
• Spanish: granado, granada

Adjective

grānātum

1. inflection of grānātus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

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