buxetum

Latin

Alternative forms

• buxīdum (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

buxus (“boxwood”) +‎ -ētum (“grove”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bukˈseː.tum/, [bʊkˈs̠eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bukˈse.tum/, [bukˈsɛːt̪um]

Noun

buxētum n (genitive buxētī); second declension

1. a boxwood plantation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	buxētum	buxēta
genitive	buxētī	buxētōrum
dative	buxētō	buxētīs
accusative	buxētum	buxēta
ablative	buxētō	buxētīs
vocative	buxētum	buxēta

References

• “buxētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• buxetum 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)
• buxētum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 233/1.
• “buxētum” on page 246/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)