bucetum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from bōs (“cow”) + -ētum (“place”), by analogy to fruticētum, salicētum, and senticētum for the epenthetic -c- and būcina (“horn”) and būculus (“young bull”) for the būc- stem form.
Others have proposed the combination of bōs with Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”) (whence Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, wasteland”)). This however does not seem to account for the change from Proto-Indo-European -ai- to Latin -ē- (or -ī- in būcītum).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /buːˈkeː.tum/, [buːˈkeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈt͡ʃe.tum/, [buˈt͡ʃɛːt̪um]
Noun
būcētum n (genitive būcētī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | būcētum | būcēta |
| Genitive | būcētī | būcētōrum |
| Dative | būcētō | būcētīs |
| Accusative | būcētum | būcēta |
| Ablative | būcētō | būcētīs |
| Vocative | būcētum | būcēta |
Synonyms
- (pasture): pascuum
References
- “būcētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bucetum 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)
- būcētum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 230/3.
- “būcētum” on page 244/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)