English

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Etymology

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From Latin myrtētum.

Noun

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myrtetum (plural myrteta)

  1. A myrtle grove.
    • 1971, Charlotte F. Otten, The Herbal Tradition in the Poetry of John Milton, page 118:
      While in today's English gardens the rhododendron is more frequently found than the myrtle, The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew already at the time of the herbalist William Turner (c. 1510-1568) included a myrtetum []

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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myrtus (myrtle) +‎ -etum (grove)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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myrtētum n (genitive myrtētī); second declension

  1. myrtle grove

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative myrtētum myrtēta
Genitive myrtētī myrtētōrum
Dative myrtētō myrtētīs
Accusative myrtētum myrtēta
Ablative myrtētō myrtētīs
Vocative myrtētum myrtēta

References

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