pometum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pōmus (“fruit tree”) + -ētum (“grove”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poːˈmeː.tum/, [poːˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈme.tum/, [poˈmɛːt̪um]
Noun[edit]
pōmētum n (genitive pōmētī); second declension
- (post-Classical) a place planted with fruit trees, an orchard
- Synonym: pōmārium
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
| Genitive | pōmētī | pōmētōrum |
| Dative | pōmētō | pōmētīs |
| Accusative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
| Ablative | pōmētō | pōmētīs |
| Vocative | pōmētum | pōmēta |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “pometum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pometum 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)
- pometum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.