olivetum

Latin

Etymology

olīva (“olive”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /o.liːˈu̯eː.tum/, [ɔlʲiːˈu̯eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.liˈve.tum/, [oliˈvɛːt̪um]

Noun

olīvētum n (genitive olīvētī); second declension

olive grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olīvētum	olīvēta
Genitive	olīvētī	olīvētōrum
Dative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
Accusative	olīvētum	olīvēta
Ablative	olīvētō	olīvētīs
Vocative	olīvētum	olīvēta

Descendants

Galician: O Ivedo (toponym)
Italian: livitu (Central Italian)
Portuguese: olivedo

References

“olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“olivetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
olivetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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