grutum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === grudum grutdum === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grūtiz (“ground material; grit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡrʊ.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡruː.tum] === Noun === grutum n (genitive grutī); second declension (Medieval Latin) flour, meal, used as seasoning for ale ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== grutellum === References === "grutum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)