LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininesecond declension

myrtus

myrtus f (genitive myrtī)
Classical[ˈmyr.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmir.tus]

Meaning

  1. femininemyrtle (tree)
    Nunc decet aut uiridi nitidum caput impedire myrto / aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutaeNow its right to garland our gleaming heads, with green myrtle or flowers, / whatever the unfrozen earth now bears23 B.C.E., Horace, Carmina, Book I:4.9-10

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemyrtusmyrtī
genitivemyrtīmyrtōrum
dativemyrtōmyrtīs
accusativemyrtummyrtōs
ablativemyrtōmyrtīs
vocativemyrtemyrtī

myrtus (murtus), i and ūs, f., = μύρτος,
I. a myrtle, myrtle-tree, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122: viridi caput impedire myrto, Hor. C. 1, 4, 9.—Poet., for a spear of myrtle-wood: et pastoralem praefixā cuspide myrtum, Verg. A. 7, 817.—Nom. plur. myrtūs, Verg. G. 2, 64.—As masc., Cato, R. R. 8.—Anteclass. also, myrta or murta, ae, f.: murta nigra, Cato, R. R. 125.—Murtus for myrtus: murti nigrae baccae, Scrib. Comp. 109.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmurta
  • Catalanmurtra
  • Frenchmyrte
  • GermanMyrte
  • Italianmirto
  • Portuguesemirto
  • Portuguesemirta
  • Romanianmirt
  • Spanishmurta
  • Galicianmirto

Quick answers

What does myrtus mean in Latin?
myrtus, a noun, means “myrtle (tree)”.
What is the genitive of myrtus?
The genitive singular is myrtī. myrtus is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce myrtus?
In classical Latin, [ˈmyr.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmir.tus].