letum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proposed derivations include:
- Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to flow”) (cognate with lītus).
- Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (cognate with λύω (lúō)).
- Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“to let, leave”) (cognate with Hittite [script needed] (laizzi, “lets”))
Compare also Latin dēleō and linō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈleː.tum/, [ˈɫ̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.tum/, [ˈlɛːt̪um]
Noun
lētum n (genitive lētī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lētum | lēta |
Genitive | lētī | lētōrum |
Dative | lētō | lētīs |
Accusative | lētum | lēta |
Ablative | lētō | lētīs |
Vocative | lētum | lēta |
Derived terms
References
- “letum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “letum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- letum 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)
- letum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.