glirarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glirarium.

Noun

glirarium (plural gliraria)

1. A terracotta pot used in Roman times to breed dormice for consumption as food.

Latin

Etymology

From glis (“dormouse”) +‎ -ārium (“place for”).

Noun

glīrārium n (genitive glīrāriī or glīrārī); second declension

1. a glirarium, a terracotta pot used for breeding dormice for eating.

Declension

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

• “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.