spinetum

Latin

Etymology

spīna (“thorn”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /spiːˈneː.tum/, [s̠piːˈneːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈne.tum/, [spiˈnɛːt̪um]

Noun

spīnētum n (genitive spīnētī); second declension

a thorn hedge, a thicket of thorns

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīnētum	spīnēta
Genitive	spīnētī	spīnētōrum
Dative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
Accusative	spīnētum	spīnēta
Ablative	spīnētō	spīnētīs
Vocative	spīnētum	spīnēta

Descendants

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.

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