blitum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton).

Noun[edit]

blitum n (genitive blitī); second declension

  1. kind of spinach

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative blitum blita
Genitive blitī blitōrum
Dative blitō blitīs
Accusative blitum blita
Ablative blitō blitīs
Vocative blitum blita

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: bleda (partially)
  • English: blite
  • French: blette (partially)
  • Spanish: bledo
  • Galician: beldro, beldrogo
  • Old Occitan: blet
  • Sicilian: jiti

References[edit]

  • “blitum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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