veteretum

Latin

Etymology

vetus (“old”) +‎ -ētum (“place”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯e.teˈreː.tum/, [u̯ɛt̪ɛˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.teˈre.tum/, [vet̪eˈrɛːt̪um]

Noun

veterētum n (genitive veterētī); second declension

1. ground that has long lain fallow, old fallow ground

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	veterētum	veterēta
genitive	veterētī	veterētōrum
dative	veterētō	veterētīs
accusative	veterētum	veterēta
ablative	veterētō	veterētīs
vocative	veterētum	veterēta

Synonyms

• vervactum

References

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