arbutum
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Latin
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]arbutum
Noun
[edit ]arbutum n (genitive arbutī ); second declension
- the fruit of the strawberry tree; (metonymically) the strawberry-tree, arbute
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE , Vergilius, Georgicon 2.519:
- Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis,
glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae;
et varios ponit fetus autumnus et alte
mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis.- Translation by James B. Greenough
- Winter is come: in olive-mills they bruise
The Sicyonian berry; acorn-cheered
The swine troop homeward; woods their arbutes yield;
So, various fruit sheds Autumn, and high up
On sunny rocks the mellowing vintage bakes.
- Winter is come: in olive-mills they bruise
- Translation by James B. Greenough
- Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis,
Declension
[edit ]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arbutum | arbuta |
| genitive | arbutī | arbutōrum |
| dative | arbutō | arbutīs |
| accusative | arbutum | arbuta |
| ablative | arbutō | arbutīs |
| vocative | arbutum | arbuta |
References
[edit ]- "arbutum", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "arbutum", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "arbutum", in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "arbutum", in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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