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Latin
Etymology
virga (“twig”) + -ētum (“grove”)
Pronunciation
Noun
virgētum n (genitive virgētī); second declension
- a thicket of twigs or osiers
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “virgetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “virgetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- virgetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.