LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

dūmētum

dūmētum n (genitive dūmētī)

Meaning

  1. in pluralthicket

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedūmētumdūmēta
genitivedūmētīdūmētōrum
dativedūmētōdūmētīs
accusativedūmētumdūmēta
ablativedūmētōdūmētīs
vocativedūmētumdūmēta

dūmētum or dummetum (another form: DUMECTA antiqui quasi DUMICETA appellabant, quae nos
I. dumeta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 67, 10 Müll.), i, n. id., thorn-bushes, thorn-hedge, thicket.
I. Lit., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23; Verg. G. 1, 15; Hor. C. 3, 4, 63; 3, 29, 23 al.—
II. Trop.: cur orationem tantas in angustias et Stoicorum dumeta compellimus? Cic. Ac. 2, 35: quod cum efficere voltis (i. e. deum significare) in dumeta conrepitis, id. N. D. 1, 24 fin.

Origins

From dūmus (“bramble”) + -etum.

In English words that came into English from dūmētum

  • dumetosedūmētum

Quick answers

What does dūmētum mean in Latin?
dūmētum, a noun, means “thicket”.
What is the genitive of dūmētum?
The genitive singular is dūmētī. dūmētum is neuter, second declension.