nucetum

Latin

Etymology

nux (“nut tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nuˈkeː.tum/, [nʊˈkeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈt͡ʃe.tum/, [nuˈt͡ʃɛːt̪um]

Noun

nucētum n (genitive nucētī); second declension

1. a wood where nut-trees grow

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	nucētum	nucēta
genitive	nucētī	nucētōrum
dative	nucētō	nucētīs
accusative	nucētum	nucēta
ablative	nucētō	nucētīs
vocative	nucētum	nucēta

Descendants

• Asturian: nocéu
• Galician: Nocedo
• Italian: noceto
• Romanian: nucet
• Spanish: noceda, nocedal

References

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