lauretum

See also: Lauretum

Latin

Alternative forms

• lōrētum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈreː.tum/, [ɫ̪äu̯ˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈre.tum/, [läu̯ˈrɛːt̪um]

Noun

laurētum n (genitive laurētī); second declension

1. a laurel grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laurētum	laurēta
Genitive	laurētī	laurētōrum
Dative	laurētō	laurētīs
Accusative	laurētum	laurēta
Ablative	laurētō	laurētīs
Vocative	laurētum	laurēta

Derived terms

• Laurētum

Descendants

• English: Loreto
• Galician: Louredo, Lourido

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.