piracium

Latin

Etymology

From pirum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piˈraː.ki.um/, [pɪˈräːkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈra.t͡ʃi.um/, [piˈräːt͡ʃium]

Noun

pirācium n (genitive pirāciī or pirācī); second declension

1. perry, pear cider

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pirācium	pirācia
genitive	pirāciī pirācī1	pirāciōrum
dative	pirāciō	pirāciīs
accusative	pirācium	pirācia
ablative	pirāciō	pirāciīs
vocative	pirācium	pirācia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Sicilian: pirazzu

References

• piracium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “piracium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press