virectum
Latin
Alternative forms
- virētum
Etymology
From vireō (“to be green, verdant”) + -tum (suffix forming nouns for stands of vegetation). The -c- would be inserted by analogy to forms like frutectum (“thicket, bush”), cārectum (“reed bed”) that are derived from noun stems ending in /k/.
Noun
virectum n (genitive virectī); second declension
- greensward
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | virectum | virecta |
| Genitive | virectī | virectōrum |
| Dative | virectō | virectīs |
| Accusative | virectum | virecta |
| Ablative | virectō | virectīs |
| Vocative | virectum | virecta |
References
- “virectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- virectum 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)
- virectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette