fruticetum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fruticetum.

Noun

fruticetum (plural fruticeta)

  1. A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.

Latin

Etymology

frutex (“shrub, bush”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fru.tiˈkeː.tum/, [frʊt̪ɪˈkeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fru.tiˈt͡ʃe.tum/, [frut̪iˈt͡ʃɛːt̪um]

Noun

fruticētum n (genitive fruticētī); second declension

  1. a grouping of shrubs or bushes, a thicket, covert

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fruticētum fruticēta
Genitive fruticētī fruticētōrum
Dative fruticētō fruticētīs
Accusative fruticētum fruticēta
Ablative fruticētō fruticētīs
Vocative fruticētum fruticēta

Descendants
  • Portuguese: fruticeto

References
  • “fruticetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fruticetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fruticetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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