fimetum
Latin
Etymology
fimus (“dung”) + -ētum (“place of”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪˈmeː.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈmɛː.t̪um]
Noun
fimētum n (genitive fimētī); second declension
- a dunghill
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fimētum | fimēta |
| genitive | fimētī | fimētōrum |
| dative | fimētō | fimētīs |
| accusative | fimētum | fimēta |
| ablative | fimētō | fimētīs |
| vocative | fimētum | fimēta |
Synonyms
- (dunghill): fimārium (Mediaeval)
Descendants
- English: fimetarious, fimetic
- Spanish: fimeto
References
- “fĭmētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fimetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.