populetum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin populetum.

Noun

populetum

  1. A wood or plantation of poplar trees.
    • 2004, Populus Nigra Network: Report of the Seventh (25-27 October 2001, Osijek, Croatia) and Eighth (22-24 May 2003, Treppeln, Germany) Meetings:
      A populetum, established in February 2003, represents a milestone in the overall activities on poplar conservation carried out by SIA-DGA. The populetum includes 620 clones belonging to different species and hybrids, with an objective of medium-term conservation.

Latin

Etymology

pōpulus (“poplar”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

Noun

pōpulētum n (genitive pōpulētī); second declension

  1. a poplar grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pōpulētum pōpulēta
genitive pōpulētī pōpulētōrum
dative pōpulētō pōpulētīs
accusative pōpulētum pōpulēta
ablative pōpulētō pōpulētīs
vocative pōpulētum pōpulēta

References

  • “populetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • populetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • populetum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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