blitum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton).

Noun

blitum n (genitive blitī); second declension

1. kind of spinach

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	blitum	blita
Genitive	blitī	blitōrum
Dative	blitō	blitīs
Accusative	blitum	blita
Ablative	blitō	blitīs
Vocative	blitum	blita

Derived terms

• bliteus

Descendants

• Catalan: bleda (partially)
• English: blite
• French: blette (partially)
• Spanish: bledo
• Galician: beldro, beldrogo
• Old Occitan: blet
  • Catalan: blet
  • Occitan: blet
  • → Hebrew: בליטץ
• Sicilian: jiti

References

• “blitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN