lutum

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Old Irish loth (“mud”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”), Albanian lym (“mud”), Lithuanian liutýnas (“loam pit”).

Alternative forms

• lutus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈluːt̪um]

Noun

lutum n (genitive lutī); second declension

1. soil, dirt, mire, mud

   Synonyms: caenum, sordēs

2. loam, clay

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lutum	luta
Genitive	lutī	lutōrum
Dative	lutō	lutīs
Accusative	lutum	luta
Ablative	lutō	lutīs
Vocative	lutum	luta

Derived terms

• lustrum
• lutāmentum
• lutārius
• Lutātius
• lutēnsis
• lutēscō
• luteus
• lutitō
• lutō
• lutōsus
• lutulentus

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: lut
• Asturian: llodu
• Catalan: llot
• → French: lut
• Galician: lodo
• Italian: loto (obsolete); → luto
• Neapolitan: lóta (“dirt, a curseword”)
• Occitan: lut
• Portuguese: lodo
• Romanian: lut
• Sardinian: ludu, lutu, luru, ludru
• Spanish: lodo
  • → Sardinian: lodu

Etymology 2

Maybe from Old Latin clūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latin fel, helvus, holus and bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.tum/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈluːt̪um]

Noun

lūtum n (genitive lūtī); second declension

1. The plant Reseda luteola used in dyeing yellow; weld, dyer's weed.
2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūtum	lūta
Genitive	lūtī	lūtōrum
Dative	lūtō	lūtīs
Accusative	lūtum	lūta
Ablative	lūtō	lūtīs
Vocative	lūtum	lūta

Derived terms

• lūteolus
• lūteum
• lūteus

References

• “lutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lutum 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)
• lutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.