virectum

Latin

Alternative forms

• virētum

Etymology

From vireō (“to be green, verdant”) +‎ -tum (suffix forming nouns for stands of vegetation). The -c- would be inserted by analogy to forms like frutectum (“thicket, bush”), cārectum (“reed bed”) that are derived from noun stems ending in /k/.

Noun

virectum n (genitive virectī); second declension

1. greensward

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	virectum	virecta
genitive	virectī	virectōrum
dative	virectō	virectīs
accusative	virectum	virecta
ablative	virectō	virectīs
vocative	virectum	virecta

References

• “virectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• virectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.