vepretum
Latin
Etymology
veprēs (“bramble, thorn-bush”) + -ētum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈpreː.tũː], [wɛpˈreː.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈprɛː.t̪um], [vepˈrɛː.t̪um]
Noun
veprētum n (genitive veprētī); second declension
- a thicket of brambles, a hedge of brambles
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veprētum | veprēta |
| genitive | veprētī | veprētōrum |
| dative | veprētō | veprētīs |
| accusative | veprētum | veprēta |
| ablative | veprētō | veprētīs |
| vocative | veprētum | veprēta |
References
- “vepretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vepretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.