saxetum

Latin

Etymology

saxum (“stone”) +‎ -etum (“place of”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sakˈseː.tum/, [s̠äkˈs̠eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sakˈse.tum/, [säkˈsɛːt̪um]

Noun

saxētum n (genitive saxētī); second declension

1. A rocky place

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saxētum	saxēta
Genitive	saxētī	saxētōrum
Dative	saxētō	saxētīs
Accusative	saxētum	saxēta
Ablative	saxētō	saxētīs
Vocative	saxētum	saxēta

Related terms

• saxum

Descendants

• Galician: Seixedo, Seixido

References

• “saxetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saxetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saxetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.