vepretum

Latin

Etymology

veprēs (“bramble, thorn-bush”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈpreː.tum/, [u̯ɛˈpreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ] or IPA^(key): /u̯epˈreː.tum/, [u̯ɛpˈreːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈpre.tum/, [veˈprɛːt̪um] or IPA^(key): /vepˈre.tum/, [vepˈrɛːt̪um]

Noun

veprētum n (genitive veprētī); second declension

1. a thicket of brambles, a hedge of brambles

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veprētum	veprēta
Genitive	veprētī	veprētōrum
Dative	veprētō	veprētīs
Accusative	veprētum	veprēta
Ablative	veprētō	veprētīs
Vocative	veprētum	veprēta

References

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