fimetum

Latin

Etymology

fimus (“dung”) +‎ -ētum (“place of”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fiˈmeː.tum/, [fɪˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈme.tum/, [fiˈmɛːt̪um]

Noun

fimētum n (genitive fimētī); second declension

a dunghill

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fimētum	fimēta
Genitive	fimētī	fimētōrum
Dative	fimētō	fimētīs
Accusative	fimētum	fimēta
Ablative	fimētō	fimētīs
Vocative	fimētum	fimēta

Synonyms

(dunghill): fimārium (Mediaeval)

Descendants

English: fimetarious, fimetic
Spanish: fimeto

References

“fĭmētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fimetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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