Meaning of -tum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. used to form nouns from certain plant or tree names to denote a place where the species grows or is made to grow; grove, thicket, woods; orchard, plantation, -yard, garden
   declension-2, morpheme, neuter
2. suffix forming the accusative supine of verbs
   morpheme
3. accusative singular of -tus
   accusative, form-of, morpheme, singular
4. masculine accusative singular
   accusative, form-of, masculine, morpheme, singular
5. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular; often substantivized
   form-of, morpheme

Examples

“cārex (“sedge”) + -tum → cārectum (“a sedge-bed”)”

“frutex (“a shrub”) + -tum → frutectum (“a shrubbery, thicket”)”

“fūr + -tum → fūrtum”

“iubeō + -tum → iussum”

CEFR level