pometum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pōmus (“fruit tree”) + -ētum (“grove”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /poːˈmeː.tum/, [poːˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈme.tum/, [poˈmɛːt̪um]
Noun
[edit]pōmētum n (genitive pōmētī); second declension
- (post-Classical) a place planted with fruit trees, an orchard
- Synonym: pōmārium
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
| genitive | pōmētī | pōmētōrum |
| dative | pōmētō | pōmētīs |
| accusative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
| ablative | pōmētō | pōmētīs |
| vocative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “pometum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pometum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pometum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.