lutum

From luō (“wash, cleanse”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.tum/, [ˈɫʊ.tũ]

lutum n (genitive lutī); second declension

1. soil, dirt, mire, mud
2. loam, clay

Second declension.

• lutus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.tum/, [ˈɫuː.tũ]

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.

Second declension.

• lūteolus
• lūteum
• lūteus

• 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, 1883–1887)
• lutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette