lardum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably cognate with or borrowed from Ancient Greek λαρινός (larinós, “fat”) and λαρός (larós, “sweet, pleasing to the taste.”)

Pronunciation

Noun

lārdum n (genitive lārdī); second declension

  1. bacon fat, lard.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lārdum lārda
Genitive lārdī lārdōrum
Dative lārdō lārdīs
Accusative lārdum lārda
Ablative lārdō lārdīs
Vocative lārdum lārda

Descendants
  • Catalan: llard
  • Old French: lard
  • Galician: lardo
  • Istro-Romanian: lård
  • Italian: lardo
  • Piedmontese: lard
  • Romanian: lard
  • Romansch: lard
  • Russian: лярд (ljard)
  • Sardinian: ladru, laldu, lardu
  • Sicilian: lardu
  • Spanish: lardo
  • Venetian: lardo

References
  • “lardum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lardum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lardum 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)
  • lardum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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