granatum

Latin

granātum (pomegranate)

Etymology

Inflected form of grānātus (“having many seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡraːˈnaː.tum/, [ɡraːˈnaː.tũ]

Noun

grānātum n (genitive grānātī); second declension

1. pomegranate (fruit)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grānātum	grānāta
genitive	grānātī	grānātōrum
dative	grānātō	grānātīs
accusative	grānātum	grānāta
ablative	grānātō	grānātīs
vocative	grānātum	grānāta

Synonyms

• (pomegranate): mālogrānātum

Derived terms

• mālogrānātum

Related terms

• grānārium
• grānātim
• grānātus
• grānum

Descendants

• Catalan: granada
• English: grenade
• French: grenade
• Galician: granado, granada
• Italian: granato, granata

• Portuguese: granada
• Romanian: granată
• Russian: гранат (granat)
• Spanish: granado, granada

Adjective

grānātum

1. nominative neuter singular of grānātus
2. accusative masculine singular of grānātus
3. accusative neuter singular of grānātus
4. vocative neuter singular of grānātus

References

• granatum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “granatum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)