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The -um ending is the standard ending of neuter nouns and adjectives of the second declension. By itself it simply says that the word is neuter, having nothing to do with what the word means, with this one caveat: it is common for a neuter adjective to be used a noun with the meaning of "an thing" or "that which is ". So, for example, bonum, the neuter singular form of the adjective bonus meaning "good", can mean "a good thing" or "good [as opposed to evil]".

-um also appears at the end of words in the genitive plural (full endings -arum, -orum, -ium, -um, -erum). It indicates that a word means "of s", but again it says nothing about the underlying meaning of the word.

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It means 'and'

So you would have a noun followed by '-et' to signify it was in addition to another noun.

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