candetum

== Latin == === Etymology === Metathesis of earlier *cantedum, from Gaulish *cantedon, from Proto-Celtic *kantom (“hundred”) + *ɸedom (“space”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kanˈdeː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kanˈdɛː.tum] === Noun === candētum n (genitive candētī); second declension a unit of measure corresponding to 100 Roman square feet in urban areas and 150 in agrarian areas ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “candetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “candetum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.