LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

arbustum

arbustum n (genitive arbustī)
Classical[arˈbʊs.tũː]Ecclesiastical[arˈbus.tum]

Meaning

  1. neutera plantation, orchard; especially a vineyard planted with trees (on which vines would grow)
    Iam vinctae vites, iam falcem arbusta reponuntThe tree-climbing vine with its vineyard still fears the steel.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.416
  2. neuterpoeticwoods, place overgrown with trees, thicket

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearbustumarbusta
genitivearbustīarbustōrum
dativearbustōarbustīs
accusativearbustumarbusta
ablativearbustōarbustīs
vocativearbustumarbusta

arbustum, i, n. qs. for arbosetum from arbos, as virgultum for virguletum, salictum for salicetum, etc.; an inferior form is arboretum, q. v.,
I. a place where trees are planted (esp. trees, about which the vine was trained), an orchard, plantation, vineyard planted with trees, δενδρών (while vinea was one in which the vine lay upon the earth, or was supported by poles): Jam vinctae vites, jam falcem arbusta reponunt, Verg. G. 2, 416.
I. Lit.: vinea est prima ... septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono glandaria silva, Cato, R. R. 1, 7: In fundo suum quicquid conseri oportet arbustoque vitem copulari, id. ib. 7, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 54; Col. 5, 6, 37; 5, 7, 1; id. Arb. 1, 3; 16, 2; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207; Pall. Feb. 10, 1; Hor. C. 3, 1, 10; id. S. 1, 7, 29 al.—
II. Transf., for the most part in the plur. collect. for arbores, in the poets, on account of its quantity, ārbŏrēs: locos, Ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita, Naev. ap. Non. p. 323, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 10 Rib.): e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent, trees springing up suddenly from the earth, shot forth, Lucr. 1, 187: florescunt tempore certo arbusta, trees blossom at the appointed time, id. 5, 671; so id. 1, 351; 1, 806; 1, 808; 2, 188; 2, 1016; 5, 912; 5, 1378; 6, 141; Verg. E. 1, 40; 2, 13; 4, 2; 5, 64; id. G. 3, 328; id. Copa, 27; id. A. 10, 363; Ov. M. 1, 286; 2, 710 al.—So also perh. in the sing. for a single tree: cum me arbustum videre Miconis incidere falce, Verg. E. 3, 10.—In the Vulg. only in plur., and there for rami, boughs, branches: arbusta ejus (vitis) cedros Dei, Psa. 79, 11: Multiplicata sunt arbusta ejus, Ezech. 31, 5; 31, 7; 31, 12.

Origins

Nominalization of arbustus, see -tum. Compare later arborētum.

Descendants
  • Catalanarbust
  • Englisharbust
  • Frencharbuste
  • Italianarbusto
  • Portuguesearbusto
  • Romanianarbust
  • Spanisharbusto
  • Aragonesearbuzo
  • Asturianarbustu
  • Galicianalbustre

In English words that came into English from arbustum

  • arbustivearbustīvus

Quick answers

What does arbustum mean in Latin?
arbustum, a noun, means “a plantation, orchard; especially a vineyard planted with trees (on which vines would grow); woods, place overgrown with trees, thicket”.
What is the genitive of arbustum?
The genitive singular is arbustī. arbustum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce arbustum?
In classical Latin, [arˈbʊs.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈbus.tum].