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Latin
Etymology
asper (“rough”) + -ētum (“place”)
Pronunciation
Noun
asprētum n (genitive asprētī); second declension
- an uneven, rough place
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “aspretum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aspretum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.