bicarium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably after Ancient Greek *βικάριον (*bikárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “vase”).[1] The historical relation with the somewhat synonymous bacarium [2] (from bacriō with alternative form bacariō [3] or from bacar?) is unclear.
Noun edit
bīcārium (n declension, second)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bicarium | bicaria |
| Genitive | bicariī bicarī1 |
bicariōrum |
| Dative | bicariō | bicariīs |
| Accusative | bicarium | bicaria |
| Ablative | bicariō | bicariīs |
| Vocative | bicarium | bicaria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
- Italian: bicchiere
- Old French: bichier, pichier
- Ladin: bicer
- Venetian: bicer, bicere, bicèr, bicér
- → Proto-West Germanic: *bikārī (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- bicarium 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)