pometum
Latin
Etymology
pomus (“fruit tree”) + -ētum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /poˈmeː.tum/, [pɔˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈme.tum/, [poˈmɛːt̪um]
Noun
pomētum n (genitive pomētī); second declension
- (post-Classical) a place planted with fruit trees, an orchard
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pomētum | pomēta |
| Genitive | pomētī | pomētōrum |
| Dative | pomētō | pomētīs |
| Accusative | pomētum | pomēta |
| Ablative | pomētō | pomētīs |
| Vocative | pomētum | pomēta |
Descendants
References
- “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.