lauretum

See also: Lauretum

Latin

Alternative forms

• lōrētum

Etymology

laurus (“laurel tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫau̯ˈreː.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lau̯ˈrɛː.tum]

Noun

laurētum n (genitive laurētī); second declension

1. a laurel grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	laurētum	laurēta
genitive	laurētī	laurētōrum
dative	laurētō	laurētīs
accusative	laurētum	laurēta
ablative	laurētō	laurētīs
vocative	laurētum	laurēta

Derived terms

• Laurētum

Descendants

• Catalan: lloret, LLoret
• → English: Loreto
• Galician: Louredo, Lourido
• Spanish: lloredo

References

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