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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
cochlearium (plural cochlearia)
- In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
Latin
Etymology
From cochlear, from cochlea.
Noun
cochleārium n (genitive cochleāriī or cochleārī); second declension
- snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails
- spoon, spoonful
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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