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dolium

English

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Etymology

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From Latin dōlium.

Noun

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dolium (plural dolia)

  1. (history, archaeology) A large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods in the ancient Western Mediterranean.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Noun

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dōlium n (genitive dōliī or dōlī); second declension

  1. a large earthenware vessel, hogshead, cask
  2. cauldron, large brass pot, barrel, vat

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dōlium dōlia
Genitive dōliī
dōlī1 		dōliōrum
Dative dōliō dōliīs
Accusative dōlium dōlia
Ablative dōliō dōliīs
Vocative dōlium dōlia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: doll
  • English: dolium
  • Italian: doglio
  • Piedmontese: doja, doj
  • Spanish: dujo

References

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  • “dolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dolium 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)
  • dolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “dolium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “dolium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “del-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 194-195
  2. ^ Brown, John Pairman (1995) Israel and Hellas (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 231), volume I, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, page 145

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin dolium.

Noun

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dolium n (plural doliumuri)

  1. dolium

Declension

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Declension of dolium
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) dolium doliumul (niște) doliumuri doliumurile
genitive/dative (unui) dolium doliumului (unor) doliumuri doliumurilor
vocative doliumule doliumurilor

References

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  • dolium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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