lardum

Latin

Alternative forms

• lāridum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaːr.dum/, [ˈɫ̪äːrd̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlar.dum/, [ˈlärd̪um]

Noun

lārdum n (genitive lārdī); second declension

1. bacon fat, lard.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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
  • → Middle English: lard
    • English: lard
  • French: lard
• Galician: lardo
• Istro-Romanian: lård
• Italian: lardo
  • → English: lardo
• Piedmontese: lard
• Romanian: lard
• Romansch: lard
• Russian: лярд (ljard)
• Sardinian: ladru, laldu, lardu
• Sicilian: lardu
• Spanish: lardo
• Venetan: 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.