porculetum

Latin

Etymology

porca (“ridge between two furrows”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /por.kuˈleː.tum/, [pɔrkʊˈɫ̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por.kuˈle.tum/, [porkuˈlɛːt̪um]

Noun

porculētum n (genitive porculētī); second declension

1. (agriculture) a field divided into bed

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	porculētum	porculēta
genitive	porculētī	porculētōrum
dative	porculētō	porculētīs
accusative	porculētum	porculēta
ablative	porculētō	porculētīs
vocative	porculētum	porculēta

References

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