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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /kolˈlyː.ra/,
Noun
collȳra f (genitive collȳrae); first declension
- a kind of pastry of a round, elongated form
- pasta, maccaroni, vermicelli
Furcīs collȳram edimus.- We are eating pasta with forks.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Related terms
References
- “collyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- collyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.