pulmentarium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From puls (“porridge”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *pulmentārius (relating to porridge).
Noun edit
pulmentārium n (genitive pulmentāriī or pulmentārī); second declension
- A porridge-like mix consumed by the poor of Ancient Roman; this was made with a mixture of lentils, peas and beans.
- relish (eaten with food)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
| Genitive | pulmentāriī pulmentārī1 |
pulmentāriōrum |
| Dative | pulmentāriō | pulmentāriīs |
| Accusative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
| Ablative | pulmentāriō | pulmentāriīs |
| Vocative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “pulmentarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulmentarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulmentarium 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)
- pulmentarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.