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.
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