myrtetum

English

Etymology

Latin myrtētum

Noun

myrtetum (plural myrteta)

1. A myrtle grove.
   • 1971, Charlotte F. Otten, The Herbal Tradition in the Poetry of John Milton, page 118:

     While in today's English gardens the rhododendron is more frequently found than the myrtle, The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew already at the time of the herbalist William Turner (c. 1510-1568) included a myrtetum […]

Latin

Alternative forms

• murtētum

Etymology

myrtus (“myrtle”) +‎ -etum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /myrˈteː.tum/, [mʏrˈt̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mirˈte.tum/, [mirˈt̪ɛːt̪um]

Noun

myrtētum n (genitive myrtētī); second declension

1. myrtle grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	myrtētum	myrtēta
Genitive	myrtētī	myrtētōrum
Dative	myrtētō	myrtētīs
Accusative	myrtētum	myrtēta
Ablative	myrtētō	myrtētīs
Vocative	myrtētum	myrtēta

References

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