LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

myrtētum

myrtētum n (genitive myrtētī)
Classical[myrˈteː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[mirˈtɛː.tum]

Meaning

  1. myrtle grove

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemyrtētummyrtēta
murtēta
genitivemyrtētī
murtētī		myrtētōrum
murtētōrum
dativemyrtētō
murtētō		myrtētīs
murtētīs
accusativemyrtētummyrtēta
murtēta
ablativemyrtētō
murtētō		myrtētīs
murtētīs
vocativemyrtētummyrtēta
murtēta

myrtētum (murtētum), i, n. (collat. form, myrtēta, ae, f., Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 625 P.) [myrtus],
I. a place full of myrtles, a myrtle-grove: quasi pineis murteta item ego vos virgis circumvinciam, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 27: collis vestitus oleastro ac murtetis, Sall. J. 48, 3: litora myrtetis laetissima, Verg. G. 2, 112.—In the neighborhood of Baiae there was such a myrtle-grove, where a warm, sudorific vapor rose from the earth, Cels. 2, 17; cf. id. 3, 21; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5.

Origins

Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos)bor. Latin myrtus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin -tum Latin -etum Latin myrtētum From myrtus (“myrtle”) + -etum (“grove”).

In English words that came into English from myrtētum

  • myrtetummyrtētum

Quick answers

What does myrtētum mean in Latin?
myrtētum, a noun, means “myrtle grove”.
What is the genitive of myrtētum?
The genitive singular is myrtētī. myrtētum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce myrtētum?
In classical Latin, [myrˈteː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mirˈtɛː.tum].