Latin edit

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Etymology edit

Probably cognate with or borrowed from Ancient Greek λαρινός (larinós, fat) and λαρός (larós, sweet, pleasing to the taste.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lārdum n (genitive lārdī); second declension

  1. bacon fat, lard.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lārdum lārda
Genitive lārdī lārdōrum
Dative lārdō lārdīs
Accusative lārdum lārda
Ablative lārdō lārdīs
Vocative lārdum lārda

Descendants edit

References edit

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