bicarium
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably after Ancient Greek *βικάριον (*bikárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “vase”).[1] The historical relation with the somewhat synonymous bacarium [2] (from bacriō with alternative form bacariō [3] or from bacar?) is unclear.
Noun
[edit]bīcārium (n declension, second)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bicarium | bicaria |
| genitive | bicariī bicarī1 |
bicariōrum |
| dative | bicariō | bicariīs |
| accusative | bicarium | bicaria |
| ablative | bicariō | bicariīs |
| vocative | bicarium | bicaria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]- Italian: bicchiere
- Old French: bichier, pichier
- Ladin: bicer
- Venetan: bicer, bicere, bicèr, bicér
- → Proto-West Germanic: *bikārī (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- bicarium 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)