fumarium
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fyo͞omârʹĭəm, IPA(key): /fjuːˈmɛəɹɪəm/
Noun
fumarium (plural fumaria)
- (history) A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.
Translations
Ancient Roman smoke chamber used for maturing wine
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Further reading
Latin
Etymology 1
fūmus (“smoke”) + -ārium (“place”)
Pronunciation
Noun
fūmārium n (genitive fūmāriī or fūmārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
| Genitive | fūmāriī fūmārī1 |
fūmāriōrum |
| Dative | fūmāriō | fūmāriīs |
| Accusative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
| Ablative | fūmāriō | fūmāriīs |
| Vocative | fūmārium | fūmāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “fūmārĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Fumarium 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)
- fūmārĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 694/1.
- “fūmārium” on page 745/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “1. fumarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 456/2
Etymology 2
Variant spelling.
Pronunciation
Noun
fumārium n (genitive fumāriī or fumārī); second declension
- Alternative spelling of fimārium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fumārium | fumāria |
| Genitive | fumāriī fumārī1 |
fumāriōrum |
| Dative | fumāriō | fumāriīs |
| Accusative | fumārium | fumāria |
| Ablative | fumāriō | fumāriīs |
| Vocative | fumārium | fumāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “2. fumarium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 456/2