vepretum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]veprēs (“bramble, thorn-bush”) + -ētum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯eˈpreː.tum/, [u̯ɛˈpreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ] or IPA(key): /u̯epˈreː.tum/, [u̯ɛpˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈpre.tum/, [veˈprɛːt̪um] or IPA(key): /vepˈre.tum/, [vepˈrɛːt̪um]
Noun
[edit]veprētum n (genitive veprētī); second declension
- a thicket of brambles, a hedge of brambles
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | veprētum | veprēta |
Genitive | veprētī | veprētōrum |
Dative | veprētō | veprētīs |
Accusative | veprētum | veprēta |
Ablative | veprētō | veprētīs |
Vocative | veprētum | veprēta |
References
[edit]- “vepretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vepretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.