Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

pirum (a pear [fruit]) +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pirārius m (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a pear-tree

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pirārius pirāriī
Genitive pirāriī
pirārī1
pirāriōrum
Dative pirāriō pirāriīs
Accusative pirārium pirāriōs
Ablative pirāriō pirāriīs
Vocative pirārie pirāriī

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

Synonyms edit

  • (a pear-tree): pirus (Classical Latin)

References edit

  • pirarius 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)
  • Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 798/1, “pirarius”