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Latin
Etymology
From verū (“javelin, dart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
verūtum n (genitive verūtī); second declension
- A light javelin used primarily by the Vēlitēs.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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’s 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.
- Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 10-19-07)