glirarium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin glirarium.
Noun edit
glirarium (plural gliraria)
- A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From glis (“dormouse”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Noun edit
glīrārium n (genitive glīrāriī or glīrārī); second declension
- a glirarium, a terracotta pot used for breeding dormice for eating.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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 edit
- “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.