olivetum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *elaíwāder.

Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva)bor.?

Latin olīva

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin -tum

Latin -ētum

Latin olīvētum

From olīva (“olive”) + -ētum (“grove”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.liːˈweː.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.liˈvɛː.tum]

Noun

olīvētum n (genitive olīvētī); second declension

1. olive grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	olīvētum	olīvēta
genitive	olīvētī	olīvētōrum
dative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
accusative	olīvētum	olīvēta
ablative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
vocative	olīvētum	olīvēta

Descendants

• Galician: O Ivedo (toponym)
• Italian: oliveto
• Portuguese: olivedo

References

• “olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “olivetum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.