See also: Combretum

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Combretum, from Latin combrētum.

Noun

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combretum (plural combretums)

  1. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.

Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown, with -ētum (plant collective).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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combrētum n (genitive combrētī); second declension

  1. a kind of rush (perhaps Luzula sylvatica, syns. Juncus sylvaticus, Juncus maximus)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative combrētum combrēta
Genitive combrētī combrētōrum
Dative combrētō combrētīs
Accusative combrētum combrēta
Ablative combrētō combrētīs
Vocative combrētum combrēta

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “combrētum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
  • combretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • combretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.