spinetum

Latin

Etymology

spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spiːˈneː.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [spiˈnɛː.t̪um]

Noun

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	spīnētum	spīnēta
genitive	spīnētī	spīnētōrum
dative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
accusative	spīnētum	spīnēta
ablative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
vocative	spīnētum	spīnēta

Descendants

Middle French: espinoye, espinaye
- French: épinaie
- → Middle English: spinne
  - 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.