ervum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably from a Mediterranean substrate borrowing, related to Ancient Greek ὄροβος (órobos), Proto-Germanic *arwīts.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈer.u̯um/, [ˈɛru̯ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.vum/, [ˈɛrvum]
Noun edit
ervum n (genitive ervī); second declension
- bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia), and by extension other types of vetches (Vicia gen. et spp.)
- 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica XI.II.99:
- Mense Ianuario paleas cum ervi macerati sextariis sex vel paleas cum cicerculae fresae semodio vel frondis corbem pabulatorium modiorum viginti vel paleas quantum velint et faeni pondo viginti vel adfatim viridem frondem ex siliquis et lauru vel, quod his omnibus praestat, farraginem hordeaceam dabit siccam.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ervum | erva |
Genitive | ervī | ervōrum |
Dative | ervō | ervīs |
Accusative | ervum | erva |
Ablative | ervō | ervīs |
Vocative | ervum | erva |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ervum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ervum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers