glirarium
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glirarium.
Noun
glirarium (plural gliraria)
- A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food.
Latin
Etymology
From glis (“dormouse”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Noun
glīrārium n (genitive glīrāriī or glīrārī); second declension
- a glirarium, a terracotta pot used for breeding dormice for eating.
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | glīrārium | glīrāria |
Genitive | glīrāriī glīrārī1 | glīrāriōrum |
Dative | glīrāriō | glīrāriīs |
Accusative | glīrārium | glīrāria |
Ablative | glīrāriō | glīrāriīs |
Vocative | glīrārium | glīrāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- glirarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- glirarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette