fruticetum

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fruticetum.

Noun edit

fruticetum (plural fruticeta)

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

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

fruticētum n (genitive fruticētī); second declension

a grouping of shrubs or bushes, a thicket, covert

Declension edit

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 edit

Portuguese: fruticeto

References edit

“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.

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