pulmentarium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From puls (“porridge”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *pulmentārius (relating to porridge).
Noun
[edit]pulmentārium n (genitive pulmentāriī or pulmentārī); second declension
- A porridge-like mix consumed by the poor of Ancient Roman; this was made with a mixture of lentils, peas and beans.
- relish (eaten with food)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
| genitive | pulmentāriī pulmentārī1 |
pulmentāriōrum |
| dative | pulmentāriō | pulmentāriīs |
| accusative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
| ablative | pulmentāriō | pulmentāriīs |
| vocative | pulmentārium | pulmentāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “pulmentarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulmentarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulmentarium 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)
- pulmentarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.