virectum

Latin

Alternative forms

virētum

Etymology

From vireō (“to be green, verdant”) +‎ -tum (suffix forming nouns for stands of vegetation). The -c- would be inserted by analogy to forms like frutectum (“thicket, bush”), cārectum (“reed bed”) that are derived from noun stems ending in /k/.

Noun

virectum n (genitive virectī); second declension

greensward

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	virectum	virecta
genitive	virectī	virectōrum
dative	virectō	virectīs
accusative	virectum	virecta
ablative	virectō	virectīs
vocative	virectum	virecta

References

“virectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
virectum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
virectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.