spinetum

Latin

Etymology

spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /spiːˈneː.tum/, [spiːˈneː.tũ]

Noun

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spīnētum	spīnēta
genitive	spīnētī	spīnētōrum
dative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
accusative	spīnētum	spīnēta
ablative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
vocative	spīnētum	spīnēta

Descendants

English: spinney

References

spinetum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
spinetum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
spinetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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