virgetum

Latin

Etymology

virga (“twig”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wirˈɡeː.tum/, [wɪrˈɡeː.tũ]

Noun

virgētum n (genitive virgētī); second declension

  1. a thicket of twigs or osiers

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative virgētum virgēta
genitive virgētī virgētōrum
dative virgētō virgētīs
accusative virgētum virgēta
ablative virgētō virgētīs
vocative virgētum virgēta

References

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