fruticetum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fruticetum.

Noun

fruticetum (plural fruticeta)

1. A kind of arboretum featuring shrubs and bushes rather than trees.

Latin

Etymology

frutex (“shrub, bush”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fru.tiˈkeː.tum/, [frʊt̪ɪˈkeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fru.tiˈt͡ʃe.tum/, [frut̪iˈt͡ʃɛːt̪um]

Noun

fruticētum n (genitive fruticētī); second declension

1. a grouping of shrubs or bushes, a thicket, covert

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fruticētum	fruticēta
Genitive	fruticētī	fruticētōrum
Dative	fruticētō	fruticētīs
Accusative	fruticētum	fruticēta
Ablative	fruticētō	fruticētīs
Vocative	fruticētum	fruticēta

Descendants

• → Italian: fruticeto
• → Portuguese: fruticeto

References

• “fruticetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fruticetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fruticetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.