castanetum

Latin

Alternative forms

• castaniētum (Classical Latin)
• castagnārētum, castagnērētum, castanārētum (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

castanea (“chestnut [tree]”) +‎ -ētum (“grove or plantation”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kas.taˈneː.tum/, [käs̠t̪äˈneːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.taˈne.tum/, [käst̪äˈnɛːt̪um]

Noun

castanētum n (genitive castanētī); second declension

1. a grove or plantation of chestnut trees

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	castanētum	castanēta
Genitive	castanētī	castanētōrum
Dative	castanētō	castanētīs
Accusative	castanētum	castanēta
Ablative	castanētō	castanētīs
Vocative	castanētum	castanēta

Descendants

• → Albanian: Kashnjet
• Galician: Castedo, Castido

References

• “castănētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castănētum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 271/2.
• “castanētum (-iētum)” on page 281/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)