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.