virectum
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vireō (“to be green, verdant”) + -tum (suffix forming nouns for stands of vegetation). The -c- would be inserted by analogy to forms like frutectum (“thicket, bush”), cārectum (“reed bed”) that are derived from noun stems ending in /k/.
Noun
[edit]virectum n (genitive virectī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | virectum | virecta |
| genitive | virectī | virectōrum |
| dative | virectō | virectīs |
| accusative | virectum | virecta |
| ablative | virectō | virectīs |
| vocative | virectum | virecta |
References
[edit]- “virectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- virectum 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)
- virectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.