ervum

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a Mediterranean substrate borrowing, related to Ancient Greek ὄροβος (órobos), Proto-Germanic *arwīts.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.wum/, [ˈɛr.wũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.vum/

Noun

ervum n (genitive ervī); second declension

(botany) vetch

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ervum	erva
Genitive	ervī	ervōrum
Dative	ervō	ervīs
Accusative	ervum	erva
Ablative	ervō	ervīs
Vocative	ervum	erva

Derived terms

ervilia

References

ervum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ervum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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