cochlearium
English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
cochlearium (plural cochlearia)
- In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
Latin
Alternative forms
- cocleārium
Etymology
From cochlear, from cochlea.
Noun
cochleārium n (genitive cochleāriī or cochleārī); second declension
- snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails
- spoon, spoonful
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cochleārium | cochleāria |
| Genitive | cochleāriī cochleārī1 | cochleāriōrum |
| Dative | cochleāriō | cochleāriīs |
| Accusative | cochleārium | cochleāria |
| Ablative | cochleāriō | cochleāriīs |
| Vocative | cochleārium | cochleāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- cochlearium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cochlearium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette