carenum
English
editAlternative forms
edit- carene (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Latin carēnum or caroenum, from Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon), q.v.
Noun
editcarenum (uncountable)
- (historical cooking) A reduction of must or sweet wine produced by boiling it in large kettles until it was reduced by half or two-thirds in volume.
See also
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κάροινον (károinon).
Noun
editcarēnum n (genitive carēnī); second declension
- A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to two thirds of the original volume.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | carēnum | carēna |
Genitive | carēnī | carēnōrum |
Dative | carēnō | carēnīs |
Accusative | carēnum | carēna |
Ablative | carēnō | carēnīs |
Vocative | carēnum | carēna |
Descendants
edit- → English: carenum, carene (learned)
- → Old English: ċiern, ċæren, ċeren, ċyren, ċaerin — early, coerin — early
References
edit- “carenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carenum 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)
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