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Etymology

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Perhaps from bōs (cow) +‎ -ētum (place), by analogy to fruticētum, salicētum, and senticētum for the epenthetic -c- and būcina (horn) and būculus (young bull) for the būc- stem form.

Others have proposed the combination of bōs with Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (forest, wasteland, pasture) (whence Proto-Germanic *haiþī (heath, wasteland)). This regularly corresponds to the form būcītum, with the form in -ē- due to reanalysis.

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Noun

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būcētum n (genitive būcētī); second declension

  1. a pasture for cattle, a cow-pasture

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būcētum būcēta
Genitive būcētī būcētōrum
Dative būcētō būcētīs
Accusative būcētum būcēta
Ablative būcētō būcētīs
Vocative būcētum būcēta

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