blitum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton).

Noun

blitum n (genitive blitī); second declension

  1. kind of spinach

Declension

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
  • bliteus

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

References
  • “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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