myrtetum
English
Etymology
Noun
myrtetum (plural myrteta)
- A myrtle grove.
- 1971, Charlotte F. Otten, The Herbal Tradition in the Poetry of John Milton, page 118:
- While in today's English gardens the rhododendron is more frequently found than the myrtle, The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew already at the time of the herbalist William Turner (c. 1510-1568) included a myrtetum […]
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
myrtus (“myrtle”) + -etum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [myrˈteː.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mirˈt̪ɛː.t̪um]
Noun
myrtētum n (genitive myrtētī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | myrtētum | myrtēta |
| genitive | myrtētī | myrtētōrum |
| dative | myrtētō | myrtētīs |
| accusative | myrtētum | myrtēta |
| ablative | myrtētō | myrtētīs |
| vocative | myrtētum | myrtēta |
References
- “myrtetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- myrtetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.