aliatum

Latin

Alternative forms

• alliātum

Etymology

From the neuter of āliātus (“flavored with garlic”), from ālium (“garlic”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”, adjective-forming suffix).

Noun

āliātum n (genitive āliātī); second declension

1. food made with garlic
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 47:

     tu tibi istos habeas turtures piscis avis, / sine me aliato fungi fortunas meas.

     You just keep those squabs of yours and your fish and your game for yourself, and leave me to my garlic and my lot. —Paul Nixon, Plautus With an English Translation, Volume 3, "The Haunted House", 1924. page 295

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	āliātum	āliāta
genitive	āliātī	āliātōrum
dative	āliātō	āliātīs
accusative	āliātum	āliāta
ablative	āliātō	āliātīs
vocative	āliātum	āliāta

References

• “āliātum” on page 95/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)