olivetum

Latin

Etymology

olīva (“olive”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /o.liːˈu̯eː.tum/, [ɔlʲiːˈu̯eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.liˈve.tum/, [oliˈvɛːt̪um]

Noun

olīvētum n (genitive olīvētī); second declension

  1. olive grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative olīvētum olīvēta
Genitive olīvētī olīvētōrum
Dative olīvētō olīvētīs
Accusative olīvētum olīvēta
Ablative olīvētō olīvētīs
Vocative olīvētum olīvēta

Descendants
  • Galician: O Ivedo (toponym)
  • Italian: livitu (Central Italian)
  • Portuguese: olivedo

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