casnetum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin casnus (“oak tree”) + -ētum (“plantation or grove”), from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish cassanos.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kasˈneː.tum/, [käs̠ˈneːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kasˈne.tum/, [käzˈnɛːt̪um]
Noun edit
casnētum n (genitive casnētī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a grove of oak trees
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | casnētum | casnēta |
Genitive | casnētī | casnētōrum |
Dative | casnētō | casnētīs |
Accusative | casnētum | casnēta |
Ablative | casnētō | casnētīs |
Vocative | casnētum | casnēta |
Synonyms edit
- querquētum (Classical)
References edit
- Casnetum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “casnetum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 152/2