pirarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piˈraː.ri.um/, [pɪˈräːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈra.ri.um/, [piˈräːrium]

Etymology 1

From pirus (“pear-tree”) +‎ -ārium (of place).

Noun

pirārium n (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) an orchard for pear-trees

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pirārium	pirāria
genitive	pirāriī pirārī1	pirāriōrum
dative	pirāriō	pirāriīs
accusative	pirārium	pirāria
ablative	pirāriō	pirāriīs
vocative	pirārium	pirāria

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

References

• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 798/1, “pirarium”

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of pirārius.

Noun

pirārium

1. accusative singular of pirārius