bladum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf, blossom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Cognate with Old English blǣd (“produce; flower; blossom; fruit”) ( > Modern English blead).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.dum/, [ˈbɫ̪äd̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbla.dum/, [ˈbläːd̪um]

Noun

bladum n (genitive bladī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A kind of grain, wheat

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bladum	blada
Genitive	bladī	bladōrum
Dative	bladō	bladīs
Accusative	bladum	blada
Ablative	bladō	bladīs
Vocative	bladum	blada

Descendants

• Catalan: blat
• French: blé
• Italian: biada
• Occitan: blat

See also

• frūmentum
• trīticum

References

• bladum 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)