lutum
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Old Irish loth (“mud”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”) and Albanian lym (“mud”).
Alternative forms
- lutus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈluːt̪um]
Noun
lutum n (genitive lutī); second declension
- soil, dirt, mire, mud
- loam, clay
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lutum | luta |
| Genitive | lutī | lutōrum |
| Dative | lutō | lutīs |
| Accusative | lutum | luta |
| Ablative | lutō | lutīs |
| Vocative | lutum | luta |
Derived terms
- lutāmentum
- lutārius
- Lutātius
- lutēnsis
- lutēscō
- luteus
- lutitō
- lutō
- lutōsus
- lutulentus
Descendants
- → Albanian: llucë
- Aromanian: lut
- Asturian: llodu
- Catalan: llot
- French: lut
- Galician: lodo
- Italian: loto (obsolete); → luto
- Neapolitan: lóta (“dirt, a curseword”)
- Occitan: lut
- Portuguese: lodo
- Romanian: lut
- Sardinian: ludu, lutu, luru, ludru
- Spanish: lodo
- → Sardinian: lodu
Etymology 2
Maybe from Old Latin clūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latin fel, helvus, holus and bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.tum/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈluːt̪um]
Noun
lūtum n (genitive lūtī); second declension
- The plant Reseda luteola used in dyeing yellow; weld, dyer's weed.
- The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lūtum | lūta |
| Genitive | lūtī | lūtōrum |
| Dative | lūtō | lūtīs |
| Accusative | lūtum | lūta |
| Ablative | lūtō | lūtīs |
| Vocative | lūtum | lūta |
Derived terms
- lūteolus
- lūteum
- lūteus
References
- “lutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lutum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette