olivetum

Latin

Etymology

olīva (“olive”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.liːˈu̯eː.tum/, [ɔlʲiːˈu̯eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.liˈve.tum/, [oliˈvɛːt̪um]

Noun

olīvētum n (genitive olīvētī); second declension

1. olive grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	olīvētum	olīvēta
genitive	olīvētī	olīvētōrum
dative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
accusative	olīvētum	olīvēta
ablative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
vocative	olīvētum	olīvēta

Descendants

• Galician: O Ivedo (toponym)
• Italian: livitu (Central Italian)
• Portuguese: olivedo

References

• “olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• olivetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.