LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

arborētum

arborētum n (genitive arborētī)
Classical[ar.bɔˈreː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ar.boˈrɛː.tum]

Meaning

  1. colloquialarboretum, plantation of trees.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearborētumarborēta
genitivearborētīarborētōrum
dativearborētōarborētīs
accusativearborētumarborēta
ablativearborētōarborētīs
vocativearborētumarborēta

arbŏrētum, i, n. id., i. q. arbustum, but an inferior word,
I. a place grown with trees: arboreta ignobilius verbum est, arbusta celebratius, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 25.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃érdʰeti?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erdʰ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃r̥dʰōs
  6. Proto-Italic*arðōs
  7. Old Latinarbōs
  8. Latinarborētum

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin -tum Latin -ētum Latin arborētum From arbor (“tree”) + -ētum (“grove or plantation”). Compare earlier arbustum.

Borrowings
  • Catalanarborètum
  • GermanArboretum
  • Englisharboretum
  • Englisharboret
  • Italianarboreto
  • Portuguesearboreto
  • Spanisharboreto
  • Polisharboretum
Western Romance
  • Catalanarboreda
  • Catalanarbreda
  • Portuguesearvoredo
  • Spanisharboledo
  • Spanisharboleda
  • GalicianAlboreda
Italo-Romance
  • Italianalbereta
  • Italianalboreto
  • Italianalboreta
  • Italianalbereto
Balkan Romance
  • Romanianarboret
  • Aromanianarburet
  • Aromanianarburetu

In English words that came into English from arborētum

  • arboretumarborētum

Quick answers

What does arborētum mean in Latin?
arborētum, a noun, means “arboretum, plantation of trees.”.
What is the genitive of arborētum?
The genitive singular is arborētī. arborētum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce arborētum?
In classical Latin, [ar.bɔˈreː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.boˈrɛː.tum].
Where does arborētum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? → Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰōs → Proto-Italic *arðōs → Old Latin arbōs → Latin arborētum.