pometum

Latin

Etymology

From pōmus (“fruit tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poːˈmeː.tum/, [poːˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈme.tum/, [poˈmɛːt̪um]

Noun

pōmētum n (genitive pōmētī); second declension

1. (post-Classical) a place planted with fruit trees, an orchard

   Synonym: pōmārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pōmētum	pōmēta
Genitive	pōmētī	pōmētōrum
Dative	pōmētō	pōmētīs
Accusative	pōmētum	pōmēta
Ablative	pōmētō	pōmētīs
Vocative	pōmētum	pōmēta

Descendants

• Aromanian: pumet
• Italian: pometo
• Romanian: pomet

References

• “pometum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pometum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pometum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.