assaratum

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin assyr (“blood”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as.saˈraː.tum/, [äs̠ːäˈräːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.saˈra.tum/, [äsːäˈräːt̪um]

Noun

assarātum n (genitive assarātī); second declension

1. a kind of drink made with blood and wine, reported to have been used in rituals

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	assarātum	assarāta
genitive	assarātī	assarātōrum
dative	assarātō	assarātīs
accusative	assarātum	assarāta
ablative	assarātō	assarātīs
vocative	assarātum	assarāta

References

• assaratum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.