castanetum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === castaniētum (Classical Latin) castagnārētum, castagnērētum, castanārētum (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === castanea (“chestnut [tree]”) +‎ -ētum (“grove or plantation”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kas.taˈneː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kas.taˈnɛː.tum] === Noun === castanētum n (genitive castanētī); second declension a grove or plantation of chestnut trees ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: Kashnjet Galician: Castedo, Castido === References === “castănētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “castănētum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 271/2. “castanētum (-iētum)” on page 281/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)