verutum

== Latin == === Etymology === From verū (“javelin, dart”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛˈruː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [veˈruː.tum] === Noun === verūtum n (genitive verūtī); second declension a light javelin used primarily by the Vēlitēs ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: veruto, verruto ==== See also ==== === References === “verutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “verutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "verutum", 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) “verutum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carr, Thomas Swinburne (1836). A manual of Roman antiquities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 234 note.[1] Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)[2]