Latin edit

Etymology edit

spīna (thorn) +‎ -ētum (grove)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

  1. a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spīnētum spīnēta
Genitive spīnētī spīnētōrum
Dative spīnētō spīnētīs
Accusative spīnētum spīnēta
Ablative spīnētō spīnētīs
Vocative spīnētum spīnēta

Descendants edit

  • English: spinney
  • Galician: Espiñedo

References edit

  • 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.