Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From frīgō (fry). Attested, in the feminine form ⟨frixuriae⟩, in Venantius Fortunatus.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

frixōrium n (genitive frixōriī or frixōrī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. frying-pan, skillet
    • ca. AD 960–70 (manuscript date)[2], unknown, Latin Psalters psalm 101:4:
      et ossa mea sicut in frixorio confrixa sunt
      my bones are roasted, as if in a skillet

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frixōrium frixōria
Genitive frixōriī
frixōrī1
frixōriōrum
Dative frixōriō frixōriīs
Accusative frixōrium frixōria
Ablative frixōriō frixōriīs
Vocative frixōrium frixōria

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

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Adams, J. N. (2007) The regional diversification of Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 479–480
  2. ^ https://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/source/666647

Further reading edit