spinetum

Latin

Etymology

spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spiːˈneː.tum/, [s̠piːˈneːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈne.tum/, [spiˈnɛːt̪um]

Noun

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

1. a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	spīnētum	spīnēta
genitive	spīnētī	spīnētōrum
dative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
accusative	spīnētum	spīnēta
ablative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
vocative	spīnētum	spīnēta

Descendants

• Middle French: espinoye, espinaye
  • French: épinaie
  • → Middle English: spinne
    • English: spinney
• Galician: Espiñedo

References

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