combretum

See also: Combretum

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

combretum (plural combretums)

  1. Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, with -ētum (plant collective).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈbreː.tum/, [kɔmˈbreː.tũ]

Noun

combrētum n (genitive combrētī); second declension

  1. a kind of rush (perhaps Luzula sylvatica, syns. Juncus sylvaticus, Juncus maximus)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative combrētum combrēta
Genitive combrētī combrētōrum
Dative combrētō combrētīs
Accusative combrētum combrēta
Ablative combrētō combrētīs
Vocative combrētum combrēta

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “combrētum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 128
  • combretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • combretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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