pirarius
Latin
Alternative forms
- perārius
Etymology
pirum (“a pear [fruit]”) + -ārius
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piˈraː.ri.us/, [pɪˈräːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈra.ri.us/, [piˈräːrius]
Noun
pirārius m (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) a pear-tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pirārius | pirāriī |
| Genitive | pirāriī pirārī1 | pirāriōrum |
| Dative | pirāriō | pirāriīs |
| Accusative | pirārium | pirāriōs |
| Ablative | pirāriō | pirāriīs |
| Vocative | pirārie | pirāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (a pear-tree): pirus (Classical Latin)
References
- pirarius 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)
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 798/1, “pirarius”