luteum

English

Noun

luteum (plural lutea)

1. corpus luteum

Anagrams

• mutule

Latin

Etymology 1

From lūteus (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.te.um/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈluːt̪eum]

Adjective

lūteum

1. inflection of lūteus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Etymology 2

From luteus (“of mud, dirty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.um/, [ˈluːt̪eum]

Adjective

luteum

1. inflection of luteus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “luteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luteum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.