pometum

Latin

Etymology

From pōmus (fruit tree) +‎ -ētum (grove).

Pronunciation

Noun

pōmētum n (genitive pōmētī); second declension

  1. (post-Classical) a place planted with fruit trees, an orchard
    Synonym: pōmārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pōmētum pōmēta
genitive pōmētī pōmētōrum
dative pōmētō pōmētīs
accusative pōmētum pōmēta
ablative pōmētō pōmētīs
vocative pōmētum pōmēta

Descendants

  • Aromanian: pumet
  • Italian: pometo
  • Romanian: pomet

References

  • pometum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "pometum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pometum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.