candetum

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *kantom (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈdeː.tum/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈde.tum/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːt̪um]

Noun

candētum n (genitive candētī); second declension

1. a unit of measure corresponding to 100 Roman square feet in urban areas and 150 in agrarian areas

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	candētum	candēta
Genitive	candētī	candētōrum
Dative	candētō	candētīs
Accusative	candētum	candēta
Ablative	candētō	candētīs
Vocative	candētum	candēta

References

• “candetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• candetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.