palmetum

Latin

Etymology

palma (“palm tree”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /palˈmeː.tum/, [päɫ̪ˈmeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /palˈme.tum/, [pälˈmɛːt̪um]

Noun

palmētum n (genitive palmētī); second declension

1. a palm-grove

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palmētum	palmēta
Genitive	palmētī	palmētōrum
Dative	palmētō	palmētīs
Accusative	palmētum	palmēta
Ablative	palmētō	palmētīs
Vocative	palmētum	palmēta

Related terms

• palma
• palmāris
• palmārium
• palmārius
• palmātus
• palmēnsis
• palmes
• palmeus
• palmiceus, palmicius
• palmifer
• palmiger
• palmipēs
• palmō
• palmōsus
• palmula
• palmulāris

References

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