virgetum

Latin

Etymology

virga (“twig”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡeː.tum/, [u̯ɪrˈɡeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒe.tum/, [virˈd͡ʒɛːt̪um]

Noun

virgētum n (genitive virgētī); second declension

1. a thicket of twigs or osiers

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virgētum	virgēta
Genitive	virgētī	virgētōrum
Dative	virgētō	virgētīs
Accusative	virgētum	virgēta
Ablative	virgētō	virgētīs
Vocative	virgētum	virgēta

References

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