casnetum
Latin
Etymology
From Medieval Latin casnus (“oak tree”) + -ētum (“plantation or grove”), from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kasˈneː.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kazˈnɛː.t̪um]
Noun
casnētum n (genitive casnētī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a grove of oak trees
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | casnētum | casnēta |
| genitive | casnētī | casnētōrum |
| dative | casnētō | casnētīs |
| accusative | casnētum | casnēta |
| ablative | casnētō | casnētīs |
| vocative | casnētum | casnēta |
Synonyms
- querquētum (Classical)
References
- "Casnetum", 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “casnetum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 152/2