arbustum

Latin

Etymology

From arbor (tree) +‎ -tum (adjective-forming suffix). Cf. with the later arborētum via rebracketing.

Pronunciation

Noun

arbustum n (genitive arbustī); second declension

  1. A plantation, vineyard planted with trees, orchard.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative arbustum arbusta
genitive arbustī arbustōrum
dative arbustō arbustīs
accusative arbustum arbusta
ablative arbustō arbustīs
vocative arbustum arbusta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: arbuzo
  • Asturian: arbustu
  • Catalan: arbust
  • English: arbust
  • French: arbuste
  • Galician: albustre, arbusto
  • Italian: arbusto
  • Portuguese: arbusto
  • Romanian: arbust
  • Spanish: arbusto

References

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