virgetum

Latin

Etymology

virga (“twig”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡeː.tum/, [u̯ɪrˈɡeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒe.tum/, [virˈd͡ʒɛːt̪um]

Noun

virgētum n (genitive virgētī); second declension

  1. a thicket of twigs or osiers

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative virgētum virgēta
Genitive virgētī virgētōrum
Dative virgētō virgētīs
Accusative virgētum virgēta
Ablative virgētō virgētīs
Vocative virgētum virgēta

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