noun · neutersecond declension
spartum
spartum n (genitive spartī)
Meaning
- neuteresparto
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spartum | sparta |
| genitive | spartī | spartōrum |
| dative | spartō | spartīs |
| accusative | spartum | sparta |
| ablative | spartō | spartīs |
| vocative | spartum | sparta |
spartum (-ton), i, n., = σπάρτον,
I. a plant originally growing in Spain, of which ropes, mats, nets, etc., were made (still called in Spain esparto), Spanish broom: Stipa tenacissima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 2, 7, § 26; 24, 9, 40, § 65; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; id. R. R. 1, 23, 6; Liv. 22, 20.—
II. Transf., a rope made of broom, Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 46; 35, 11, 40, § 137.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spartum or sparton ī, n
, σπάρτον, Spanish broom, esparto (of which mats, nets, and ropes were made), L.
Origins
From Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Descendants
- Italiansparto
- Catalanespart
- Spanishesparto
- Englishespartofrom Spanish esparto
- Frenchsparte
- Galicianesparto
In English words that came into English from spartum
- espartospartum
- sparteriespartum