oenophorum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἰνοφόρον (oinophóron), substantive from οἰνοφόρος (oinophóros, “containing wine”), from οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oe̯ˈno.pʰo.rum/, [oe̯ˈnɔpʰɔrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈno.fo.rum/, [eˈnɔːforum]

Noun

oenophorum n (genitive oenophorī); second declension

1. wine container

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	oenophorum	oenophora
genitive	oenophorī	oenophorōrum
dative	oenophorō	oenophorīs
accusative	oenophorum	oenophora
ablative	oenophorō	oenophorīs
vocative	oenophorum	oenophora

References

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