luteum

English

Noun

luteum (plural lutea)

1. corpus luteum

Anagrams

• mutule

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Latin

Etymology 1

From lūteus (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.te.um/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈluːt̪eum]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) lūteum

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

Etymology 2

From luteus (“of mud, dirty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈluːt̪eum]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) luteum

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

References

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