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noun · neutersecond declension

dēfrutum

dēfrutum n (genitive dēfrutī)
Classical[ˈdeː.frʊ.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.fru.tum]

Meaning

  1. grape must reduced by boiling

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēfrutumdēfruta
genitivedēfrutīdēfrutōrum
dativedēfrutōdēfrutīs
accusativedēfrutumdēfruta
ablativedēfrutōdēfrutīs
vocativedēfrutumdēfruta

dēfrŭtum,
I. i, n. (perh. for defervitum, sc. mustum), must boiled down (acc. to Varr. and Col., to one third; acc. to Plin., only to one half), Varr. ap. Non. 551, 24; Col. 12, 20 sq.; Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80; Pall. Oct. 18; Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Verg. G. 4, 269.

Origins

From dē- + Proto-Italic *frutom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to brew, boil”), or per Schrijver's reconstruction, *bʰrew- (“to brew, boil”), perhaps interrelated with variant semantics. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), Irish bruth (“heat”), Ancient Greek βρῦτος (brûtos, “beer made of barley”) and ultimately related also to ferveō and fermentum.

In English words that came into English from dēfrutum

  • defrutumdēfrutum

Quick answers

What does dēfrutum mean in Latin?
dēfrutum, a noun, means “grape must reduced by boiling”.
What is the genitive of dēfrutum?
The genitive singular is dēfrutī. dēfrutum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce dēfrutum?
In classical Latin, [ˈdeː.frʊ.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdɛː.fru.tum].