lardum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
  • Galician: lardo
  • Istro-Romanian: lård
  • Italian: 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.