spinetum

Latin

Etymology

spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /spiːˈneː.tum/, [spiːˈneː.tũː]

Noun

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

  1. a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spīnētum spīnēta
Genitive spīnētī spīnētōrum
Dative spīnētō spīnētīs
Accusative spīnētum spīnēta
Ablative spīnētō spīnētīs
Vocative spīnētum spīnēta

Descendants
  • English: spinney
  • Galician: Espiñedo

References
  • spinetum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spinetum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spinetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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