collyra

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kolˈlyː.ra/,

Noun

collȳra f (genitive collȳrae); first declension

  1. a kind of pastry of a round, elongated form
  2. pasta, maccaroni, vermicelli
    Furcīs collȳram edimus.
    We are eating pasta with forks.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative collȳra collȳrae
genitive collȳrae collȳrārum
dative collȳrae collȳrīs
accusative collȳram collȳrās
ablative collȳrā collȳrīs
vocative collȳra collȳrae

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.
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