LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

salictum

salictum n (genitive salictī)
Classical[saˈlɪk.tũː]Ecclesiastical[saˈlik.tum]

Meaning

  1. neutera plantation, grove, or thicket planted of willows
    [Euclio][…] nimis hercle ego illum corvom ad me veniat velim, qui indicium fecit, ut ego illi aliquid boni dicam; nam quod edit tam duim quam perduim. nunc hoc ubi abstrudam cogito solum locum. Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, crebro salicto oppletus. Ibi sumam locum.c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 4.6.4–10
    Num te ad fabulas revoco vel nostrorum vel Graecorum poetarum? Narrat enim et apud Ennium Vestalis illa: "Et cita cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, talia tum memorat lacrimans, exterrita somno. Eurydica prognata, pater quam noster amavit, vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne. Nam me visus homo pulcher per amoena salicta et ripas raptare locosque novos.[…]"45 BCE, Cicero, De divinatione I.20.40

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesalictum
salicētum		salicta
salicēta
genitivesalictī
salicētī		salictōrum
salicētōrum
dativesalictō
salicētō		salictīs
salicētīs
accusativesalictum
salicētum		salicta
salicēta
ablativesalictō
salicētō		salictīs
salicētīs
vocativesalictum
salicētum		salicta
salicēta

sălictum, i, n. contr. from salicetum, from salix,
I. a plantation or thicket of willows, Cato, R. R. 1, 7; 1, 9; 33, 5; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 40 Vahl.); Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 9; Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; Verg. E. 1, 55; id. G. 2, 13; 2, 415; Hor. C. 2, 5, 8; Liv. 29, 17; Ov. M. 11, 363; Juv. 11, 67; Col. 4, 30, 3.

Origins

From salix (“willow tree”) + -tum (“grove; plantation”). This form is attested earlier and more numerously than salicētum, the latter might have undergone an analogical leveling induced by the sheer number of other derivatives in -ētum.

In English words that came into English from salictum

  • salicetumsalictum

Quick answers

What does salictum mean in Latin?
salictum, a noun, means “a plantation, grove, or thicket planted of willows”.
What is the genitive of salictum?
The genitive singular is salictī. salictum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce salictum?
In classical Latin, [saˈlɪk.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [saˈlik.tum].