olenticetum

Latin

Etymology

From olentica (“stinking places”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”), from olēns (“stinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.len.tiˈkeː.tum/, [ɔɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ɪˈkeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.len.tiˈt͡ʃe.tum/, [olen̪t̪iˈt͡ʃɛːt̪um]

Noun

olenticētum n (genitive olenticētī); second declension

1. a stinking place, a dungheap

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	olenticētum	olenticēta
genitive	olenticētī	olenticētōrum
dative	olenticētō	olenticētīs
accusative	olenticētum	olenticēta
ablative	olenticētō	olenticētīs
vocative	olenticētum	olenticēta

References

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