pirarius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

pirum (a pear [fruit]) +‎ -ārius

Pronunciation

Noun

pirārius m (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a pear-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pirārius pirāriī
genitive pirāriī
pirārī1
pirāriōrum
dative pirāriō pirāriīs
accusative pirārium pirāriōs
ablative pirāriō pirāriīs
vocative pirārie pirāriī

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

Synonyms

  • (a pear-tree): pirus (Classical Latin)

References

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