combretum
See also: Combretum
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
combretum (plural combretums)
- Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs in the genus Combretum.
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, with -ētum (plant collective).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈbreː.tum/, [kɔmˈbreː.tũ]
Noun
combrētum n (genitive combrētī); second declension
- a kind of rush (perhaps Luzula sylvatica, syns. Juncus sylvaticus, Juncus maximus)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | combrētum | combrēta |
| Genitive | combrētī | combrētōrum |
| Dative | combrētō | combrētīs |
| Accusative | combrētum | combrēta |
| Ablative | combrētō | combrētīs |
| Vocative | combrētum | combrēta |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “combrētum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 128
- combretum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- combretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette