combretum

See also: Combretum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Combretum, from Latin combrētum.

Noun

combretum (plural combretums)

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

Translations

Combretum sp.

Russian: комбре́тум (ru) m (kombrétum)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /komˈbreː.tum/, [kɔmˈbreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈbre.tum/, [komˈbrɛːt̪um]

Noun

combrētum n (genitive combrētī); second declension

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

Declension

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

^ 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.

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