granatum

Latin
granātum (pomegranate)

Etymology

Ellipsis of pōmum grānātum (“seeded fruit”) Inflected form of grānātus (“having many seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

grānātum n (genitive grānātī); second declension

  1. pomegranate (fruit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grānātum grānāta
Genitive grānātī grānātōrum
Dative grānātō grānātīs
Accusative grānātum grānāta
Ablative grānātō grānātīs
Vocative grānātum grānāta

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Adjective

grānātum

  1. inflection of grānātus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

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