acetum
English
Etymology
Noun
acetum (plural acetums)
- (obsolete) vinegar (sometimes medicated)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From aceō (“to be sour”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkeː.tum/, [aˈkeː.tũ]
Noun
acētum n (genitive acētī); second declension
- vinegar
- (figuratively) wit, shrewdness
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acētum | acēta |
| genitive | acētī | acētōrum |
| dative | acētō | acētīs |
| accusative | acētum | acēta |
| ablative | acētō | acētīs |
| vocative | acētum | acēta |
Derived terms
- acētābulum
- acētāria
Descendants
References
- acetum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acetum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acetum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- acetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- acetum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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