A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

-etum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. -eto, gen. pl. -orum: in L. comp.: ‘an aggregate;’ see garden; cf. lucus,-i (s.m.II), abl. sg. luco, gen. pl. lucorum: a grove, a wood of apparently limited extent, a sacred thicket; see grove; see sylva,-ae (s.f.I);

- lucus palmarum, a palm-tree grove.

Carex lucorum, Willd., ‘of groves.’

NOTE: “thicket” and “jungle,” also "(reed-) bed:" arundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. arundineto (also harundinetum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., arundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. arundineto (also harundinetum,-i (s.n.II) “a thicket or jungle of reeds” (Lewis & Short).

NOTE: adj. -inus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- ericetinus,-a,-um (adj.A): “living in the tracts of country called Heaths [Erica]” (Jackson).

1. characteristic of a place; a place where … grows or dwells:

- Arboretum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. arboreto: a place grown with trees, a living collection of trees; “a place assigned for the culture of trees [> L. arbor, gen. sg. arboris (s.f.III) ‘tree’].

- Arenarietum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. arenarieto: “a [plant] formation in which Arenaria is dominant or exclusive (Clements)” (Jackson).

- Calametum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl.sg. calameto: bed of reeds, marsh.

- Cannetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. canneto: a place where canes grow, an arundinetum; see harundinetum,-i (s.n.II).

- Cnicetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. cniceto: “an association of road-side weeds and Cnicus, whence the name” (Jackson).

- Fimetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. fimeto: a dungheap, dunghill [> fimus,-i (s.m.II), manure, dung].

- Olenticetum,-I “a foul-smelling place” (Glare) [> L. olens, smelling + -etum,-i (s.n.II)] a place characterized by offensive odors.

- Oletum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. oleto: filth, dirt, excrement [> oleo,-lui, 2. to smell + -etum,-i (s.n.II)].

- Sabuleta,-orum (pl. n. II), sandy, gravelly places [> L. sabulum (s.n.II) gravel, sand].

- Saxetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. saxeto: a stony place; “a place from which pieces of rock or stone are obtained, quarry, stone-working” (Glare); see stone-quarry [> saxum,-I (s.n.II), stone].

- Veteretum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl.sg. vetereto: a fallow field or piece of ground, an ‘old field.’ 2. a site of multiple organs on a plant:

- Drupetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. drupeto: a cluster of drupes (Jackson);

- Follicetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. folliceto: a whorl of follicles; "an aggregate of follicles produced from a single flower with multiple simple pistils" (Kiger & Porter 2001);

- Rametum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. rameto: in mosses, a tomentum or woolly covering composed of radicles.

3. place dominated by a given plant; “consocies (of a specified plant genus or family)” (WIII), as in Characetum (Chara); Ericetum (Erica);

- Arundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. arundineto: “a thicket or jungle of reeds”(Lewis & Short).

- Bambusetum,-i (s.n.II), “a tropical bamboo forest association” (Jackson).

- Caricetum,-i (s.n.II), a place full of sedges (Carex,-icis)

Ranunculus caricetorum Greene, Swamp Buttercup

- Castanetum, a wood of chestnut (Castanea).

- Cornetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. corneto: “a plantation of cornelian cherries” (Glare); a grove of cornel-trees (Cornus).

- Ericetum, q.v., heath (Erica).

- in ericetis circum sinum Port Jackson. (F. Mueller), in the Erica associations around the bay of Port Jackson.

Bryum ericetorum Neck., a moss of Erica or ericaceous communities.

- Harundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. harundineto, arundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. arundineto: “a thicket or jungle of reeds” (Lewis & Short); cf. - Calametum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl.sg. calameto: “a reed bed, marsh.”

- Juncetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. junceto: a rushy place, a habitat full of rushes; “an association of a species of Juncus” (Jackson). - Laminarietum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. laminarieto: “an association of the marine algal genus Laminaria” (Jackson).

- Myrtetum,-i (s.n.II), q.v.: a plant-association consisting of plants of the genus Myrtus (myrtle).

- Phleumetum,-i (s.n.II), “a plant-association consisting of Phleum pratense, etc. (Ganong)” (Jackson).

- Pinastretum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., abl.sg. pinastreto, a plant association dominated by Pinaster [= Pinus pinaster Aiton]

- Pinetum, a piney woods (Pinus).

- Populetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. populeto: a poplar wood (Populus).

- (fungi) inter folia putrida in populeto umbrosissimo, among putrid leaves in a very shaded grove of Populus.

- Quercetum, an oak grove (Quercus).

- Salicetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. saliceto: a plant association dominated by Salix trees or species.

NOTE: salictum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. salicto: contracted from ‘salicetum, from ‘salix,’ q.v., “a plantation or thicket of willows” (Lewis & Short).

- (algae) Laminarietum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. Laminarieto: “an association of the marine algal genus Laminaria” (Jackson).

4. orchards of a specified fruit:

- Citretum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. citreto: an orchard or grove of citrus-trees (Citrus).

- Novelletum,-i (abl.sg. novelleto: “a place planted with young trees or vines, a nursery-garden” (Lewis & Short); “a place used for rearing young plants, a nursery” (Glare) [> L. novella,-ae (s.f.II), sc. Vitis, “a vine newly planted; a shoot, sucker” (Lewis & Short).

- Olivetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. oliveto: a place planted with olive-trees, an olive-grove.

- in apricis inter vineas et oliveta Gallo-provinciae (Mueller), in open place among the vineyards and olive-groves of Gallo province.

- Oryzetum,-i (s.n.II), a rice-paddy or field [> L. oryza,-ae (s.f.I), rice]:

- (Nymphaea caerulea) in oryzetis et canalibus ^Egypti inferioris (DeCandolle), in rice paddies and canals of lower Egypt.

5. a (plant) association;

- (h)arundinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. arundineto: a plant association of reeds or canes;

- in arundinetis paludosis tractus litoralis inter sinus Botany Bay et Moretón Bay (F. Mueller), in swampy reed associations of the littoral region between the bay of Botany Bay and Moreton Bay.

- Dumetum-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. dumeto: thorn-scrub, thicket, thorn-hedge [> L. dumus, thorn-bush]

- Filicetum, a ferny place (Filix).

Viola papilionacea X V. filicetorum Greene, of places dominated by ferns

- Fructicetum,-i (s.n.II), orchard; fruticetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg fruticeto (frutex + -etum, thicket); vinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.s g. vineto: a plantation of vines, vineyard (vinum + etum); viretum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. vireto: a garden or park, a place green with vegetation or foliage (viridis,-e (adj.B) green); [[DELETE: virgetum,-i (s.n.II),a place full of brushwood or withies.]]

- Fruticetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. fruticeto: thicket, an association of shrubby species.

- Novelletum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. novelleto; a place planted with young trees or vines, a nursery-garden, as in a novella,-ae (s.f.I), a newly-planted vine, a shoot, sucker.

- Senticetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. senticeto: a briar or brier-thicket, thorn-brake, a thicket of spiney shrubs, especially of the genus Rubus (black- or rasp-berry) (> sentis,-is (c.), a thorn-bush).

Rubus senticetorum

- Spinetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. spineceto: a thorn-brake, a thorn thicket, a spiney [> L. spina,-ae (s.f.I), a thorn bush]

Rubus spinetorum

- Vepretum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. vepreto: a thorn-hedge, bramble-thicket (vepres (pl.m.III), thorn-bush)

- Virgetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. virgeto: a place full of brushwood or withies, a thicket of rods or osiers [> L. virga,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.].

Rosa abietorum (Abies); Rubus aceretorum (Acer); Alchemilla betuletorum (Betula); Rubus carpinetorum (Carpinus); Fragaria dumetorum (dumus, thicket); Rubus piceetorum (Picea); Crataegus pinetorum (Pinus); Rubus quercetorum (Quercus); Rubus senticetorum (sentis, a thorn-bush); Rubus spinetorum (spina, a thorn-bush); Rubus vepretorum (vepres, thorn-bush); Pyrus vinetorum (vinea,-ae (s.f.I), vineyard);

6. [non botanical]

- Olenticetum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. olenticeto: a stinking place; a dungheap;“a foul-smelling place” (Glare); a place characterized by offensive odors. )

- Oletum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. oleto: 1. a place planted with olive-trees; 2. a place characterized by offensive odors.)

- Sepulcretum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. sepulcreto: “a burial-place, cemetery” (Lewis & Short); an association or collection of graves [> L. sepulcrum,-i (s.n.II), q.v., a grave, tomb + -etum,-i (s.n.II)]. NOTE: the adjective would be -etarius,-a,-um (adj.A): sabuletarius,-a,-um (adj.A), associated with sandy places; fructicetarius, associated with orchards.