combretum

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See also: Combretum

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

combretum (plural combretums)

  1. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, with -ētum (plant collective).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

combrētum n (genitive combrētī); second declension

  1. a kind of rush (perhaps Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., syns. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative combrētum combrēta
Genitive combrētī combrētōrum
Dative combrētō combrētīs
Accusative combrētum combrēta
Ablative combrētō combrētīs
Vocative combrētum combrēta

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “combrētum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
  • combretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • combretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.