pirarius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
pirum (“a pear [fruit]”) + -ārius
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɪˈraː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [piˈraː.ri.us]
Noun
pirārius m (genitive pirāriī or pirārī); second declension
- (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”