virgetum

Latin

Etymology

virga (“twig”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡeː.tum/, [u̯ɪrˈɡeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒe.tum/, [virˈd͡ʒɛːt̪um]

Noun

virgētum n (genitive virgētī); second declension

a thicket of twigs or osiers

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virgētum	virgēta
Genitive	virgētī	virgētōrum
Dative	virgētō	virgētīs
Accusative	virgētum	virgēta
Ablative	virgētō	virgētīs
Vocative	virgētum	virgēta

References

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

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