mazonomum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαζονόμον (mazonómon) or its alternative form, μαζονόμος (mazonómos), from μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake”) +‎ νόμος (nómos), noun from νέμω (némō, “to distribute, serve out”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maːzˈzo.no.mum/, [mäːz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔnɔmʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /madˈd͡zo.no.mum/, [mäd̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnomum]

Noun

māzonomum n (genitive māzonomī); second declension

dish, platter
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum Rusticarum 3.4.3:
  […] ut in eodem tecto ornithonis inclusum triclinium haberet, ubi delicate cenitaret et alios videret in mazonomo positos coctos, alios volitare circum fenestras captos.
  […] he contrived a dining room under the same roof as his aviary in order that he might feast delicately, satisfying two senses, one by eating the birds cooked and spread on a platter, the other by seeing them fly around the windows.
- Nemesianus, Versus de Aucupio 17:
  Saepe ego nutantem sub iniquo pondere vidi mazonomi puerum […] cum prandia
  I have often seen a slave swaying beneath the unfair weight of a huge dish of such dainties

Declension

The nominative singular is not attested; some dictionaries give other forms such as māzonomus and māzonomon.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	māzonomum	māzonoma
Genitive	māzonomī	māzonomōrum
Dative	māzonomō	māzonomīs
Accusative	māzonomum	māzonoma
Ablative	māzonomō	māzonomīs
Vocative	māzonomum	māzonoma

References

“māzŏnŏmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“māzonomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mazonomum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette