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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From olea (“olive”) + -ētum (“grove”).
Noun
olētum n (genitive olētī); second declension
- (pre-Classical) a place planted with olive trees; an olive yard
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From oleō (“I smell”).
Noun
olētum n (genitive olētī); second declension
- excrement, filth, dirt
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “oletum 1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oletum 2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oletum 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)
- oletum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- oletum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016