porculetum

Latin

Etymology

porca (“ridge between two furrows”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /por.kuˈleː.tum/, [pɔrkʊˈɫ̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /por.kuˈle.tum/, [porkuˈlɛːt̪um]

Noun

porculētum n (genitive porculētī); second declension

1. (agriculture) a field divided into bed

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porculētum	porculēta
Genitive	porculētī	porculētōrum
Dative	porculētō	porculētīs
Accusative	porculētum	porculēta
Ablative	porculētō	porculētīs
Vocative	porculētum	porculēta

References

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